Session

by Oxen Labs

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Versions:

  • 1.17.16
  • 1.17.15
  • 1.17.14
  • 1.17.13
  • 1.17.12
  • 1.17.11
  • 1.17.10
  • 1.17.9
  • 1.17.8
  • 1.17.7
  • 1.17.6
  • 1.17.5
  • 1.17.4
  • 1.17.3
  • 1.17.2
  • 1.17.1
  • 1.17.0
  • 1.16.10
  • 1.16.9
  • 1.16.8
  • 1.16.7
  • 1.16.6
  • 1.16.5
  • 1.16.4
  • 1.16.3
  • 1.16.2
  • 1.16.1
  • 1.16.0
  • 1.15.2
  • 1.15.1
  • 1.15.0
  • 1.14.5
  • 1.14.3
  • 1.12.2
  • 1.12.1
  • 1.12.0
  • 1.11.5
  • 1.11.4
  • 1.11.3
  • 1.11.2
  • 1.11.1
  • 1.11.0
  • 1.10.8
  • 1.10.7
  • 1.10.4
  • 1.10.3
  • 1.10.1
  • 1.10.0
  • 1.9.1
  • 1.8.6
  • 1.8.5
  • 1.8.4
  • 1.7.9
  • 1.7.7
  • 1.7.6
  • 1.7.5
  • 1.7.4
  • 1.6.11

Session 1.17.16, released by Oxen Labs as the 58th iterative build of the privacy-centric chat client, belongs to the secure-messaging category and exists to give individuals and groups a surveillance-resistant communication channel that leaks virtually no exploitable metadata. The application routes every text, voice snippet, picture, or file through a three-hop onion-routing network similar in concept to Tor, stripping sender, recipient, and timestamp information before any payload reaches its destination. Because no phone number, e-mail, or other external identifier is required at signup, accounts are represented only by 33-character Session IDs, making it practical for whistle-blowers, journalists, and activists to operate without exposing personal details, while everyday users gain the same anonymity when discussing sensitive health, legal, or business matters. Local end-to-end encryption is handled through the proven Signal protocol, augmented with Oxen’s own key-management layer so that offline and multi-device scenarios remain fully encrypted; messages are stored only on the endpoints, never on a central server. Group chats scale to hundreds of participants, open-source clients exist for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and all code is published for public audit to verify the absence of backdoors. Session is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.

Tags:

chat 86
collaborate 97
collaboration 113
encrypt 14
encryption 49
im 21
instant-messaging 21
message 23
privacy 82
secure 17
security 156
send 25
talk 23