Technical

Session Beta: Your all access pass.

April 19, 2023 / Wesley Sukh

A step-by-step guide for enabling Session Beta across any device, and why you should consider opting in today.

Interview with CoverDrop author Dan

August 07, 2022 / Kee Jefferys

At PETS, Kee sat down with Dan, one of the authors of the CoverDrop paper which proposes a secure method for initial contact between journalists and sources or whistleblowers.

Interview with Moby author Amogh Pradeep

August 01, 2022 / Kee Jefferys

Kee sat down with Amogh Pradeep at the Privacy Enhancing Technology Symposium to have a chat about Moby

Session ID vs phone numbers

June 07, 2022 / Alex Linton

Session IDs are instant, secure, portable, and anonymous — making them the perfect alternative to phone numbers for a private messaging app.

Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy: Calls beta release

April 25, 2022 / Alex Linton

Session voice and video calls are now in beta. Now, absolutely anyone can try out peer-to-peer calls in their favourite messaging app — Session!

Bigger, better, stronger: Everything you need to know about our decentralised network

April 04, 2022 / Alex Linton

One of the most unique and important parts of Session is that it is decentralised. Let's take a closer look at Session's network — how it works, how big it is, and what it means for you.

No caller ID: Calls on Session

December 06, 2021 / Alex Linton

Voice and video calls have been Session’s most requested feature ever since we launched. Here's what to expect now that voice calls are released on Session.

Session has features like automatically deleting messages and message time to live. Self-destructing messages help preserve your privacy when you're messaging.

Deleting messages and time-to-live: This message will self-destruct in…

September 06, 2021 / Alex Linton

Digital conversations are fundamentally different to real-world conversations. When you have a conversation over text, you’re creating a record. The record you create will persist long into the future, and it can quickly paint a high fidelity picture about your life.

Session code audit: Technical report published by Quarkslab

Session code audit: Technical report published by Quarkslab

April 29, 2021 / admin

A Session code audit for the Android, iOS, and Desktop versions of Session been completed by the cybersecurity research company Quarkslab.

Trust on first use: The Achilles heel of centralised messengers

Trust on first use: The Achilles heel of centralised messengers

April 07, 2021 / Kee Jefferys

When you first send a message on a new app, you’re trusting that service to send your message to the right person without compromising its integrity or privacy. How can we remove that trust?

Session Protocol: Technical implementation details

Session Protocol: Technical implementation details

December 14, 2020 / Kee Jefferys

Read up on the technical information behind the new Session Protocol, and our plans for rolling it out.

Verifying software downloads on Linux, Windows, and macOS

Verifying software downloads on Linux, Windows, and macOS

April 09, 2020 / admin

Don’t care what’s behind the scenes? Skip straight to software verification tutorials for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Back in the day, software used to arrive in the form of floppy discs, MiniDiscs, and CD-ROMs. But now, it’s all about the download. Everything is downloaded: the apps you use to keep in touch with your family, …

Sybil disobedience: How Session protects your anonymity using blockchain and crypto tech

Sybil disobedience: How Session protects your anonymity using blockchain and crypto tech

February 26, 2020 / Alex Linton

Session bucks the trend of blockchain vaporware with a real, usable product built on blockchain. Learn how blockchain and crypto power Session’s backend.

Community spirit: How to contribute to Session’s development

Community spirit: How to contribute to Session’s development

February 16, 2020 / admin

Session is open-source, and open-source software means community collaboration. Read about all the ways you can contribute to Session’s development.

Onion requests: Session’s new message routing solution

Onion requests: Session’s new message routing solution

January 30, 2020 / Alex Linton

Shortly after launch, Session will be moving to a new onion routing system called onion requests. Read up on the tech, and the reasons behind the change.

Dev Diary: Creating a decentralised friend request system

Dev Diary: Creating a decentralised friend request system

January 16, 2020 / admin

Session is designed to be privacy first — decentralised servers, no phone numbers, the whole lot — but that creates some problems. Here’s how we solved one of them — friend requests.

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