Session - Private Messenger 17+
Send messages, not metadata
The Loki Project
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- Free
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Description
Session is a new breed of private messenger, built on a unique network of user-operated servers spread all over the world. With no central servers, Session can’t leak or sell your data. And with Session’s private routing protocols, your messages are completely anonymous. No one ever knows who you’re talking to, what you’re saying, or even your IP address.
• Fully anonymous account creation: No phone number or email needed to create a Session ID
• Decentralised server network: No data breaches, no central point of failure
• No metadata logging: Session doesn't store, track, or log your messaging metadata
• IP address protection: Device IP addresses are never exposed to the person you're talking to or the servers holding your data
• Closed groups: Private, end-to-end encrypted group chats for up to 100 people
• Secure attachments: Share voice snippets, photos, and files with Session's secure encryption and privacy protections
• Free and open-source: Don’t take our word for it — check Session's code yourself
Session is free as in free speech, free as in free beer, and free of ads and trackers. Session is built and maintained by the OPTF, Australia’s first privacy tech not-for-profit organisation. Take back your online privacy today — download Session.
Want to build from source, report a bug, or just take a look at our code? Check out Session on GitHub: https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios
What’s New
Version 2.5.0
• Disappearing Messages now has two modes, Disappear after Send and Disappear After Read
• When Disappear after Send is selected, messages will disappear from sender, recipient and network simultaneously a set time after they have been sent, regardless of whether the recipient has received or read the message.
• When Disappear after Read is selected, messages will disappear for the sender and the sender’s swarm a set time after they have been sent, and for the recipient and the recipient’s swarm a set time after they have been read. Messages which haven’t been read after 14 days will disappear for the recipient and their swarm.
• Both options will be available in 1-1 chats, but only Disappear after Send will be available in Groups. Neither will be available in Communities.
• This release includes the new version of Disappearing Messages, however the feature won't be enabled until March 13th 10am AEDT, this will give users time to update their clients to be able to interpret the new type of messages
Ratings and Reviews
Session on iPad
The app looks good, but it would be nice to be able to send messages with „enter/return” and not by tapping the ‘arrow’ every time on the iPad. Now when I tap the Enter/Return on iPad it goes to the next line and not sending the message. It’s a bit annoying to not be able to change it in the settings. On iPhone it works as it should.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your feedback and for using Session on your iPad! We appreciate your suggestion about the "enter/return" functionality. We understand that it can be frustrating not being able to change it in the settings. We'll make sure to pass this feedback along to our development team for consideration in future updates. If you have any other questions or suggestions, feel free to let us know.
App is crashing
After setting disappearing messages my app is crashing and it crashes every time I click on the contact.. until I remove contact. I have most up to date version, iphone 13 pro
Developer Response ,
We're really sorry to hear about this, it does sound unusual. We'd appreciate if you could reach out to our support team with further details so we can look into it. Thanks for your understanding!
App not working
Recent update broke the app. I’m not able to send or receive any messages. Path has orange status and it’s not established.
Edit: it’s fixed with newer version
Developer Response ,
Thank you for letting us know about the issue. We're glad to inform you that we have already released a new version that fixes the problem. Please update the app to the latest version and let us know if you still encounter any issues.
App Privacy
The developer, The Loki Project, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Rangeproof PTY LTD
- Size
- 74.4 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Singhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 17+ Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Oxen Project
- Price
- Free