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Session
Company blog · getsession.org/blogsecurity
Session is the company blog at getsession.org, writing about security. Since 2020, 107 different Hacker News readers have linked it 148 times, most often “Session Encrypted Messenger”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Session is a private messenger that aims to remove any chance of metadata collection by routing all messages through an onion routing network.
Most-linked posts?
- Session Encrypted Messenger58 people · 73 mentions · first linked 2020-02-11
- Session – E2E decentralized messenger without the need for phone numbers17 people · 21 mentions · first linked 2020-04-03
- Surveillance tech: How it stalked its way into our lives11 people · 12 mentions · first linked 2022-01-13
- /blog/a-response-to-recent-claims-about-sessions-security-architecture3 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2025-01-17
- Session is shutting down in 90 days3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-03-19
- Session: A Model for End-to-End Encrypted Conversations with Minimal Metadata L [pdf]2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-02-12
- What happens if Twitter gets encrypted DMs?2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-05-08
- Android trackers and permissions: Did I say you could do that?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-17
- Communication Cooperative: A messaging app that can't sell out2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-24
- /session-protocol-technical-information2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-01
What Hacker News says?
https://briarproject.org/ https://getsession.org/
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on “WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app”Submitted What happens if Twitter gets encrypted DMs? as a story · 84 points
HN discussionI recommend session now. https://getsession.org/ It doesn't require creating an account and giving up your phone number. They use the same signal protocol with different trade off in terms of security and privacy[0] My only concern is they are based in Australia. 0] https://getsession.org/session-protocol-technical-informatio...
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on “Apple previews Lockdown Mode”Submitted Session Protocol: Technical implementation details as a story · 76 points
HN discussionhttps://getsession.org/
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on “Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames”Submitted Session Encrypted Messenger as a story · 72 points
HN discussionBeen using https://getsession.org/ I don't like how signal requires phone number.
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on “We Chat, They Watch”Submitted Surveillance tech: How it stalked its way into our lives as a story · 26 points
HN discussionLooking at the technical writeup [1] it sounds like they're currently running a hybrid of the two as they do a staged rollout of the various changes they've made to the Signal Protocol. But yes you are correct it looks like they're justifying ditching PFS by saying "if someone has your keys you're screwed anyway." However they're not just stripping away security outright, it's more that they're betting on onion rout…
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on “Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal”Submitted Session is shutting down in 90 days as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSession protocol is currently running on session now[1]. It’s actually the reason that they were able to allow up to 100 people in closed groups now. [1]: https://getsession.org/session-release-roundup-10/
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on “Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal”Submitted Session – E2E decentralized messenger without the need for phone numbers as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSession has: 1. An associated crypto-currency (not outright bad but weird smell IMO) [1] 2. Abandoned perfect forward secrecy and deniability [2] 3. Never completed an audit (though supposedly one is in progress) [3] There are a million and one encrypted chat programs out there. Why should I use this one? [1]: https://github.com/oxen-io/oxen-mobile-wallet [2]: https://getsession.org/session-protocol-technical-inform…
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on “Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal”Submitted Session messenger moves to a Swiss foundation as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI just set up one of these Signal proxies. Hope it helps you and others in your country communicate freely and safely. [1] Regarding Tor: if you want a Signal-like app that uses an onion router look at Session. [2] It uses the same encryption protocol and very similar UI to Signal but routes all traffic through the Loki network so your traffic passes through three nodes. It is an onion network like Tor. One other be…
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on “Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal”Submitted E2EE messenger for who want absolute privacy and freedom from any surveillance as a story · 4 points
HN discussionOver at session we are getting a massive influx of users from Iran right now. We have not been blocked yet, session is an e2ee decentralised messenger. https://getsession.org/
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on “Tell HN: The Internet situation inside Iran”Submitted Why are phone numbers a privacy problem? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionOf course there are protocols like XMPP and Matrix. But there are also solutions that don’t require everyone to host their own server. Rather, people just host impersonal nodes on the network and everyone uses the whole network together. Examples would be Status[1] (Ethereum) and Session[2] (Oxen neé Loki). I’m sure there are others that use this architecture too. I just like it because I don’t have to be personally…
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on “Signal is having technical difficulties”Submitted Session – Send Messages, Not Metadata. – Private Messenger as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThere is already a fork, it's called Session, but it's decentralized, so there's no requirement for servers to be stood up other than introducer nodes AFAIK. https://getsession.org/
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on “Et Tu, Signal?”Submitted Session, onion routing no metadata IM as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI noticed that more are using Session now and not Signal (no phone number or email required) https://getsession.org
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on “U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective”Submitted Session Private Messenger (P2P Signal fork) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionWell you should try: https://getsession.org . It's a fork of Signal with pubkeys instead of phone numbers.
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on “Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know”Submitted Session Messenger – Privacy with No metadata,phone numbers,no footprints as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI think you're missing the part where they are in the trying to figure out how to relax that constraint phase (they have not yet) and having trouble in paradise. They've run into all the issues and nuances elucidated in this thread. They have been receiving pretty intense feedback from people who have stopped using their product because of the concessions made. They've clammed up in response and are losing even more…
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on “Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know”Submitted Session as a story · 3 points
HN discussionUsing phone numbers as an identifier is terrible, use session! https://getsession.org/ Your private key that is used to encrypt the messages and the public key is your identifier
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on “Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know”Submitted A Response to Recent Claims About Session's Security Architecture as a story · 3 points
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