SimpleX onboarding
It's like slipping into a Faraday cage without leaving fingerprints.
No phone number bullshit, no email trap, no KYC nightmare.
You're a ghost from the jump, and that's the beauty: pure privacy, no persistent ID, just one-time links and QR codes to connect.
Here's the raw, unfiltered breakdown for getting onboarded in 2025
(pulled straight from the official docs and guides, 'cause this shit evolves but stays savage).
### Step 1: Download the App (Get In the Game)
- Head to the official site: simplex.chat (or grab it from F-Droid, Google Play, App Store, or direct APK for Android if you're paranoid and wanna sideload).
- Why? It's open-source, audited, and doesn't phone home like Signal's metadata-leaking ass. Install on your phone/desktop cross-platform vibes, baby.
### Step 2: Create Your Profile (No Soul Required)
- Fire up the app. Boom no signup screen demanding your digits or blood type.
- Set a display name (what contacts see make it "GhostViking" or whatever floats your paranoid boat).
- Optional: Add a full name or profile pic (but skip if you're going full anon; pics can leak metadata anyway).
- That's it. No account creation. No server tying you down. You're ready to roll in under 30 seconds. The app generates your unique, non-persistent queues for messaging servers don't even know who's chatting with who.
### Step 3: Make Connections (The Magic QR/Link Dance)
- To add someone: Tap the "+" or "Add contact" button. It spits out a one-time invitation link or QR code.
- Share that shit securely scan QR in person (zero risk), or send the link via email/SMS/whatever (but remember, links are single-use and expire if not used).
- Receiver clicks/scans, accepts, and you're connected. No mutual reveal until both sides say yes.
- Pro tip: Enable auto-accept in settings for incoming requests, and set a welcome message like "Pigeon flies free let's keep it that way."
- Groups? Same deal create a group, generate a link, share it. Up to 100 peeps, with voice notes, files, and disappearing messages if you wanna nuke the trail.
### Step 4: Customize for Peak Paranoia (Optional but Based)
- Dive into Settings > Network & Servers: Use your own relays if you're next-level (host one via Docker or whatever guides on GitHub)
- Enable incognito mode for connections (hides your profile from new contacts).
- Turn on end-to-end encryption (default anyway) and disappearing messages for self-destructing chats.
- Desktop? Sync via QR between devices no cloud sync selling your soul.
Downsides? Network's smaller than Telegram's normie horde, media sharing can lag, and groups are a tad clunky.
But that's the price for not being a data whore. If you're ditching Signal (like i did), this is your upgrade metadata-proof, server-blind, and built for rebels like us dodging EU ID scans and chat control creeps.
Once you're in? Hit up Pigeon Nest
We're flying, motherfucker. Pigeon.
SimpleX Chat - Invitation
