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cwtch (that ain't no typo)
(docs.cwtch.im)
It's a welsh word.
Not sure why the downvotes but Wikipedia says you are right.
"Cwtch is a Welsh word that means a cuddle or embrace, often associated with feelings of warmth and safety. It can also refer to a small space or cubbyhole for storing things safely."
Asio on the cwtch website itself:
Cwtch /kʊtʃ/
Cwtch (/kʊtʃ/ - a Welsh word roughly translating to “a hug that creates a safe place”) is a decentralized, privacy-preserving, multi-party messaging protocol that can be used to build metadata resistant applications.
How do you pronounce it?
Kutch. Pronounce the U like in "put". The comment above that includes its definition has a link to the pronunciation of it if you'd prefer to hear it.
I've never heard of it, but damn it does sound interesting.
The fact that your identity is nothing but a Tor V3 onion address is incredibly interesting.
Those are super easy to change, so no one would know that it's you across different addresses unless you specifically tell them.
I see they have an Android app, but I would want to make sure that it's on fdroid.
At first glance, I'm able to find repositories with what looks like source code in it, so this might actually be something interesting to look into.
Those are super easy to change, so no one would know that it’s you across different addresses unless you specifically tell them.
Or they recognize your writing (granted, unless you admit to it or do things like tell the same story on both accounts, it is basically just a hunch rather than solid evidence). I've accidentally done that with someone across websites once based on primarily based on how they wrote (granted it was a very niche community, making that cross-website different-username identification based on solely writing style much more feasible). If you write generically and avoid things like unusual emoticons (or intentionally write differently with different handles), its a lot harder to do that.
Oh look, they also accept Monero as donations.
It's a great project. Unfortunately Android consistently shuts it down while it is running in the background.
They don't have some sort of foreground service in the notification tray that keeps it running in the background?
The number of FOSS apps not taking advantage of UnifiedPush is too damn high.
Agreed. unifiedPush should be tablesteaks
Thanks for the hint :) probably going to switch from SimpleX to this one :)
Tried it years ago, it was clunky as hell. Maybe it has improved.
Yeah that's nice, but that premise & use-case is already delivered,
Session does all of that, just in their own "tor-like" network;
Also session is a fork of signal without the need of a phone number, you get an "Account IDs" instantly.
Cwtch is doing the same on the Tor network itself, which is great, if tor's speed / performance is dealt with...
So, what does Cwtch do extra?? Also does it (Smoothly) support obfs4 bridges for firewalled users?
Also, website lacks some technical details, like being a rewrite (& extention of) of Ricochet as stated in their repo & Security Handbook unlike their website's homepage saying "The Cwtch protocol"...
But the Docs seems nice & the whole app would be a good option next to session, just wha else it offers?
Someone message me
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This feels way too overkill for me.
If it sounds like overkill on the privacy front, that's a good chance that it means you should be using it LOL.
Yeah. When it comes to privacy, overkill often turns out to be not quite enough.
Depends on your threat model. But given more people using these things normalize it for those who can justify the need for such software (like whistleblowers, those organizing illegal direct action), it makes it easier for them to use it without it gaining too much suspicion and makes it easier for them to use it more consistently even outside talking about things that more obviously need that extra security.
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2025
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