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Table of comparison of chat apps.

Best WhatsApp Alternatives For 2024 | Time To Go Private! | Tuta

There are lots of messaging apps similar to WhatsApp. Here's a review of the best secure alternatives: Signal, Threema, Telegram, Element, Wire, SimpleX, Session, and more.
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#privacy
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Paweł Orzech
Paweł Orzech
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Signal! Works great, very easy to use and doesn't require PHD to understand it
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uhuru
uhuru
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matrix is considered a metadata hell, so, not sure i'd call element "anonymous" (at least, that was the case, last time i checked :
gitlab.com/libremonde-org/pape…

#cwtch might be another alternative to keep an eye on.
+ #conversations (#xmpp)

2c.


part1 · master · libremonde-org / Papers / Research / privacy-matrix.org · GitLab

GitLab.com
GitLab
#xmpp #conversations #cwtch
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Ruben
Ruben
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My favorite Chat app is Threema. Both private and anonymous.
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Marta Threadbare
Marta Threadbare
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There should be another row, "is it hosted in the USA", since that makes them liable to a FISA warrant and a government mandated backdoor that they can't disclose. Main reason Signal is not an option for me.
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Hudobni volk
Hudobni volk
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For broader use i use Signal. Private Element and SimpleX.
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Anne Williams 🏳️‍🌈✊☮️
Anne Williams 🏳️‍🌈✊☮️
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Your graph is no longer accurate as Signal now offer an option without revealing your phone number.
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Erklärbär
Erklärbär
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Threema.
About #Session: They are supported by Loki Group, and one of these guys was connect to the alt-right. Is this still true?
#session
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Houbey
Houbey
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Ich nutze mittlerweile ausschließlich #SimpleX und bin sehr zufrieden damit.
#simplex
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Stefan
Stefan
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Matrix! 🤩 Decentral, federated and selfhostable. And no dependency on an Android app on a single device to keep the account alive.
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u_urban
u_urban
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1. XMPP
2. Threema
This entry was edited (2 weeks ago)
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Murray
Murray
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I have deep reservations about SimpleX. No source code, one very private developer with a Russian name. Sounds like a honey-trap to me.
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contrapunctus (they/them)
contrapunctus (they/them)
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#XMPP is an egregious omission here. Mature IETF standard, federated, #FreeSoftware clients _and_ servers, end-to-end encryption...

You don't need a phone number or even an email ID to use XMPP, but you can also choose Quicksy for easier phone-number-based onboarding.
quicksy.im/

I've written a "Quick and Easy Guide to XMPP" here. contrapunctus.codeberg.page/th…

Quicksy

A spin-off of the popular Jabber/XMPP client Conversations with automatic contact discovery. Sign up with your phone number and Quicksy will automatically—based on the phone numbers in your address book—suggest possible contacts to you.
Quicksy
#FreeSoftware #xmpp
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Stal
Stal
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Signal: because it is easier to get other people to use it than something like Session or matrix/element. Also: no headache setting it up for and supporting relatives. It works as they expect without hassle. Signal may not be perfect, but installing anything else with “the best” privacy that nobody I know uses/can’t convince to use is still worse than simply not using anything. But I can’t live like a hermit without communicating.
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Azarilhⓥ
Azarilhⓥ
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I hate all of them. I use Telegram because it's what people use and at least it's better than Whatsapp. Me and my partner tried Signal but it lacks many features. I have no idea any of the others in the picture.

Choosing a chat app works only when no friends...

Chat apps should be forced at once to share the same protocol or whatever, so that people on Signal, for example, can talk to people on Telegram, for simple text at the very least. That would finally make people choose what they truly want to use, and not use because of their friends. We need EU to force that at once.

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