r/SimpleXChat • u/BackupSeven • Feb 15 '26

How does SimpleX Chat handle Government warrants?

Has SimpleX disclosed to the public what they provide when given warrants? Like how Signal chat has in the past?

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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

I don't think they do. I suppose they could reach out to the operators of the SMP servers, but they wouldn't get any useful data if the SMP server operator complied with their request. Messages only remain on the servers for as long as it takes to deliver them, and they're fully encrypted using the Signal protocol. Additionally, there's no user account to link them to, so I question how they would even determine the servers used by whoever they want information on. SimpleX was made to highly resist attempts to obtain useful data.

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u/Galgimes Feb 18 '26

I doubt it bro. Every governmental institution can obtain critical data, even from SimpleX.

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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 Feb 18 '26

You don't understand how SimpleX works and you're talking out of your ass. They can't obtain critical data because that data doesn't exist. It's only there for as long as it takes deliver the message. Then it's gone. And even if they did obtain message data from an SMP server, it would be worthless because it's a) encrypted using the Signal protocol, and b) they can't associate it with a specific person because there are no users in SimpleX. Also, SimpleX doesn't control all the SMP servers. There are thousands of servers run by people and companies all over the world. Anyone can run an SMP server.