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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 great so all the tablets i recently set up for seniors chatting with eachother over simplex will be fucked now.  😢
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SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You gotta be kidding me.  You got senior citizens using simpleX in the nursing home? and they can't change domains?
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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Correct, but they are not all in the same nursing home, thats why its important.   They can make calls and pick up incoming calls.
But only about half of them text with it.

It appealed to them because they didnt need a phone number or email address to get started so i set them up with Simplex about a month ago.

I might be able to guide one of them over the phone on how to update the server settings, but if not they will have to wait until my next visit in about 2 weeks.
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SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 God damn you're serious, I thought this was a joke.  Oh man. I'm so sorry.  I hope you did more than just our one server only.  For that you should be using dev servers
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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 just installed the app on their tablets and left everything as default.

If other actions are recommended they should be posted on the website.  Makes me wonder why they are not!
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SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ohhh. if it's the developer's default servers, then OUR change would not affect it.  It's only if you manually added simplifiedprivacy.com servers
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cryptowolf | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 oh ok great so i dont have to worry.

On one occasion my own installation of simplex stopped working, even though i left the default servers.  I had to back up my database and re-install the app....same servers were present though and then it just worked lol...very strange.

Should i be running my own simplex server on something like Start9 OS, and if I do, will my existing contacts still be able to message me without updating their servers?
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mrecheese 🧀 | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Just seeing this, but you haven't lost anything if you're not specifically using the server provided by @SimplifiedPrivacy.com Podcast. SimpleX default servers are fine.