Session - Anonymous Messenger

Session Foundation

About this app

Session is a private messenger offering privacy, anonymity, and security. With end-to-end encryption, no phone numbers for sign-up, and decentralisation, Session is a messenger that truly keeps your messages private and secure.

Session uses a powerful decentralised network of servers to route your messages, making it impossible for anyone to leak or sell your data. And with Session’s private routing protocols, your messages are completely anonymous. No one ever knows who you’re talking to, what you’re saying, or even your IP address.

Privacy is the default when you use Session. Every message is encrypted, every time. We take your privacy seriously — Session gives you a safe, private place to chat with your friends, family, or anyone in the world.

• Fully anonymous account creation: No phone number or email is needed to create an Account ID
• Decentralised server network: No data breaches, no central point of failure
• No metadata logging: Session doesn't store, track, or log your messaging metadata
• IP address protection: Your IP address is protected using a specialised onion routing protocol
• Closed groups: Private, end-to-end encrypted group chats for up to 100 people
• Secure attachments: Share voice snippets, photos, and files with Session's secure encryption and privacy protections
• Free and open-source: Don’t take our word for it — check Session's code yourself

Session is free as in free speech, free as in free beer, and free of ads and trackers. Session is built and maintained by the OPTF, Australia’s first privacy tech not-for-profit organisation. Take back your online privacy today — download Session.

Want to build from source, report a bug, or just take a look at our code? Check out Session on GitHub: https://github.com/oxen-io/session-android

Ratings and reviews

Everything was great until maybe almost two weeks ago. All of of sudden, it,session,stopped working. I'd have to close and go back,but it wouldn't restart right away. Kept shutting down. Once it got going it would go ok until I two or more chats going,then it would do it some more....stop running. Got frustrating. I'd clear my data,basically just start all over. Work very briefly then would stop running again. Just a few hours ago,I uninstalled the app, the installed it again,didn't help

Literally everything is broken now...I don't know what's happened over the last couple of weeks, but the app is unusable. People that are showing up as members of groups cannot see the group. People that you remove from the group can still access it. Notifications for groups are non-existent and not working too well for individual messaging. Audio messages not sending, recipients can't load them if they do send. Honestly I think your app has been sabotaged. Apple and Android both affected.

I like the concept of this app, but I keep on having to clear my data almost daily because after a certain point my messages fail to send. I'm really tired of having to constantly use my recovery phrase and wait for the most recent messages to be pulled up. Also, it takes forever to get the most recent messages pulled up afterward. It cycles through days of messages as opposed to quickly bringing up where I left off before I had to clear the data. Please fix these issues. I really like it.

What’s new

Bug fixes and improvements