Join us on Session Messenger

We are using an open-source alternative to Whatsapp, called Session:

Session functions by using a free crypto ID as your identifier (not a phone number), which makes it truly private and independent.
With Session you do not even need a phone number, nor a SIM card! Only wifi is required. It’s a true off-grid solution.

Download Session
Create your Session ID. It will look like 05b07f36cd72e2e474fa796a0e5f5266345bd2a30845e9f359fb31b007d1c9ec59
Keep your Session ID in a secure place, like KeePassXC (or any other password manager)
Copy/paste this Session ID to add your first contact: 05b07f36cd72e2e474fa796a0e5f5266345bd2a30845e9f359fb31b007d1c9ec59 (copy this crypto address, then go to the green button “+” > New Message > Enter Session ID to add your first contact. This string of numbers and letters (crypto address) is what replaces your phone number in Session Messenger – it is not a url!)
Ask to join the Kalpavriksha group
Optional: Install Session on your desktop (to have a backup, in case you lose your phone)

Make sure to save your crypto address and the associated recovery phrase in a secure place (back it up on a USB drive for example)

Whatsapp is owned by Meta, a giga-corporation that also owns Facebook and Instagram. We don’t want to depend on that anymore.
Session is totally private, open-source, decentralized and cannot be shut down by anyone (just like torrenting, Bitcoin, Tor, etc.)
Centralization is a huge vulnerability. What do Telegram, Viber, Signal and other mainstream messaging apps have in common? They are all centralized. They can be shut down anytime by any government, as happened recently in India, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Vietnam, Brazil, Morocco, etc.
There is also the possibility of global outages.
Overall it is insane to depend on one single company for all your communication needs
Whatsapp/Telegram also keeps you dependent on a phone number, which is also owned by a private company, and easily spied upon. On Session however, the address that you get is yours, and free for life. You do not lose contacts even when moving from country to another since you do not need to change your phone number!
We all depend on 2 or 3 giga-corporations for 80% of our online connections. Yet a global failure (or censorship) of these global companies can only be expected at some point.
So, do not put all your eggs in the same basket. If Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram go down, you could lose all ability to communicate overnight

Fully anonymous account creation: No phone number nor email is needed to create a Session ID
No metadata logging: Session doesn’t store, track, or log any messaging metadata
IP address protection: IP addresses are never exposed to anybody, nor to any intermediary servers
Secure attachments: Share voice snippets, photos and files with Session’s securely
Multi-device syncing: One Session ID for both your phone and computer
Decentralized server network: Messages are stored on Session’s decentralized network, without using any central server(s)
Session is built on a network of user-operated servers spread all over the world: no data breaches, no central point of failure
Session is a Free Open-Source System (FOSS) maintained by the Loki Network, Australia’s first privacy non-profit organization
Session’s onion routing system uses Oxen‘s network, which also power the $OXEN cryptocurrency
Any questions? See the Session FAQ