cross-posted from: https://monero.town/post/1084048

SimpleX is a private encrypted messenger that creates new identities for each conversation. However, as we pointed out in a previous video, when you first install the app, it’s all the developer’s own servers. This has metadata and centralization risks. We are here to help.

SimplifiedPrivacy.com is a completely different firm than SimpleX (although we share the same first word). We just released a tutorial video with a self-host script for any Debian/Ubuntu VPS that you can use to easily self-host a SimpleX server: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/simplex/

In the tutorial video, we taught how to use Kyun.host a Monero focused free speech provider in Romania that we recommend! However, you can use any provider.

Here is the script on our self-hosted gitlab on Kyun with an Iceland domain: https://git.simplifiedprivacy.is/publicgroup/simplex-self-host/

If you do not wish to self-host, you can add our SimpleX servers to your app for free:

smp://BgQRXMpC_pOpm2eAWvwFAvz6o1pJMu8y6_LaxZYxAFg=@smp.simplifiedprivacy.com

xftp://YLfpIjjRjJdOHKSPHCxhHMUmB_auPkxSIkfo76cH7F8=@xftp.simplifiedprivacy.com:5443

Reach out to us if you’d like our help to setup many OTHER services or complex configurations/support at SimplifiedPrivacy.com

Join our SimpleX Group Chat, people discuss Monero and privacy in general:

https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fhpq7_4gGJiilmz5Rf-CswuU5kZGkm_zOIooSw6yALRg%3D%40smp5.simplex.im%2FXVf2UZLG2NxirJJlkO-yjU3BjbnK-QBo%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAy8t1QqQ_sOovdEAfXlWvWKH9dw-7kwl5menGf4JI8hU%253D%26srv%3Djjbyvoemxysm7qxap7m5d5m35jzv5qq6gnlv7s4rsn7tdwwmuqciwpid.onion&data={"type"%3A"group"%2C"groupLinkId"%3A"5tJ0uL-PgZB4UjSIsbnyJQ%3D%3D"}

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    • Saki@monero.townEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Leave it to the cryptocurrency people to turn a simple tutorial into an ad.

      I’m from the same Lemmy instance monero.town (technically a mod?) and can see your point. Initially I was vocal about perceived link-spamming, advertising this SimplifiedPrivacy thing; at least a few users there were/are feeling the same way, as you can see e.g. here. So please don’t lump crypto (esp. Monero) users as a single kind of people.

      Like @[email protected] pointed out, some of info provided by this user (ShadowRebel) can be useful. Perhaps some people prefer a video to text. Monero users tend to respect freedom (of speech) and advertisement is not forbidden in Monero.town anyway. Perhaps you can understand that this does not mean “the cryptocurrency people” are the same.

      • ride@monero.townOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        So please don’t lump crypto (esp. Monero) users as a single kind of people.

        I was expecting childish reactions when I shared this post. But that doesn’t matter, if only one user has benefited from it, it was well worth it.

        Only two days and we already have at least two new servers:

        smp://BgQRXMpC_pOpm2eAWvwFAvz6o1pJMu8y6_LaxZYxAFg=@smp.simplifiedprivacy.com xftp://YLfpIjjRjJdOHKSPHCxhHMUmB_auPkxSIkfo76cH7F8=@xftp.simplifiedprivacy.com:5443

        smp://[email protected]:5223 xftp://[email protected]:5224

        • Saki@monero.townEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          @ride I know the background: this info could be very useful, and you commented, “Even if not directly Monero-related, this draws attention to the community when such contributions come from here.”

          The problem is, [email protected] has a different set of rules than Monero.town does, explicitly stating:

          This is not the place for self-promotion if you are not listed on privacyguides.org. If you want to be listed, make a suggestion on our forum first.

          Hence, as you can see in https://monero.town/post/1085883 (you double-posted the same thing, too), a negative comment about this:

          I feel like this might count as self-promotion, given it’s mentioning a particular website, their GitHub, their running service, etc. Regardless, it is informative

          @[email protected] is not “childish”, even stating “it is informative.” But even if this post may be useful, we should follow the rules of [email protected] when (cross-)posting here; otherwise, Monero.town may look bad.

    • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      How was that an ad? What exactly did you think was being advertised?

      And some of us quite like tutorials as they tend explain not just what to do but why it’s being done.

    • Saki@monero.townEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That’s a good point. One of the two biggest weak points of a so-called e2e provider/platform is, the e2e provider itself.

      The only true e2e is e.g. Alice does gpg -ea on an offline computer, copy-pastes ascii and sends it to Bob via an online computer, who copy-pastes this ascii to his offline computer and does gpg -d there. Their seckeys are airgapped from the communication channel. Sharing your sec with a provider is especially ridiculous (e.g. Proton). At least that’s what I think.