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  Session is fundamentally different than most other secure messaging services. Conversations in Session are secured using  client-side E2E encryption . Only the sender and the recipient of a message can read it. But Session goes beyond providing message security. Session also  protects the identities  of its users. It makes your communications private and anonymous, as well as secure. Session can do this because it  connects users  through a  Tor -like network of thousands of  Service Nodes . Service Nodes are servers that pass messages back and forth through the network as well as provide additional services. The  onion request  system that Session uses to protect messages ensures that no Service Node in the network ever knows both a message’s origin (your IP address) and destination (the recipient’s IP address). This allows you to  hide your IP  by default. Session takes a number of additional steps to protect your identity: No phone number is required for registration No email is r

  What is Chocolatey? Chocolatey or Choco as it is sometimes referred to, is a free, open-source package manager for Windows that is very similar to Apt or DNF in the Linux realm. In other words, this is a program used for installing software via the Windows command line. It downloads a program, installs it, then it will check for updates, and installs those updates automatically if needed. Those who use Linux are quite familiar with the package management systems like this. Some ask, “ Why should we choose to use a program like this, since we can simply download the .exe or .msi software and install the program ourselves? ” That is an excellent question. Here are several solid answers. When we install a new operating system and want to use numerous programs, we must look for each program installer, download it, install it, and then regularly check for updates.  The Chocolatey package manager this all by itself, when using automatic mode. Instead of searching for an executable installe