# SimpleX is under attack by the magazine Wired

Source: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wired-attacks-simplex/evgeny.html
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/SimpleX-is-under-attack-by-the-magazine-Wired?index=0x670010f2ccee18a17b9d6c9be4c6db25096d63a3db69cc1925325fc221e417227bdb474e
Submitted by simplifiedprivacy.eth on 2024-10-04 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

Evgeny Poberezkin's comments to Wired, that SimpleX groups were never designed for more than 50 users and cannot support a meaningful social network, contradict his earlier claims that groups could scale. Wired reported that neo-Nazis are fleeing Telegram for SimpleX Chat, and Poberezkin said the company was not aware extremists had been using it. The critique cites his tweet from two days earlier, "We agree that once group can scale, they will help growth," and argues he is distancing his company from bad actors while still presenting as a cypherpunk.

## Article

But what DOES surprise me is the reaction of developer Evgeny Poberezkin

The Attack

It doesn’t surprise me that, SimpleX is under attack by corrupt liar Wired:

Neo-Nazis Are Fleeing Telegram for Encrypted App SimpleX Chat

The Reaction

What DOES surprise me is the reaction of developer Evgeny Poberezkin,

Here’s the quote from the article:

"And Poberezkin believes that the current limitations of his technology will mean these groups will eventually abandon SImpleX. “SimpleX is a communication network, rather than a service or a platform, where users can host their own servers, like in Open Web, so we were not aware that extremists have been using it,” says Poberezkin. “We never designed groups to be usable for more than 50 users and we’ve been really surprised to see them growing to the current sizes despite limited usability and performance. We do not think it is technically possible to create a social network of a meaningful size in the SimpleX network."

Can they Scale?

Super Members

This is surprising because Evgeny told us that groups could scale by reducing the reliance on the person who created the single invite link to be online, so anyone could enter via any group member or “super members”.

His own Tweets:

In fact, even from his own tweets, just 2 days prior:

"We agree that once group can scale, they will help growth."

Source: https://xcancel.com/SimpleXChat/status/1841561127320199583#m

LLCs

This is the danger of doing cypherpunk stuff, with government money venture capital and registered LLCs. At the slightest push from the mainstream media, he changes his tune.

Don’t Blame him

I like Evgeny. He’s a good guy. And I DON’T blame him for trying to stop his company from being associated with bad actors. But we need to be honest here, he’s trying to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to be a cypherpunk, but collect the paycheck of a corporation.

Better Reply

What he should have said to Wired is: “This technology is like the printing press. It improves our lives and offers all of this freedom. But once it’s made, the inventor can’t control what people say. Do you really want to live in a world without the press, Wired?”

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