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< h1 id = "im" class = "anchor" > < a href = "#im" > < i class = "fas fa-link anchor-icon" > < / i > < / a > Encrypted Instant Messenger< / h1 >
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< strong > If you are currently using an Instant Messenger like Telegram, LINE, Viber, < a href = "https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/where-whatsapp-went-wrong-effs-four-biggest-security-concerns" > WhatsApp< / a > , or plain SMS you should pick an alternative here.< / strong >
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{% include cardv2.html
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title="Signal"
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image="/assets/img/tools/Signal.png"
description="Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
All communications are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is free and open source."
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labels="success:VoIP"
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website="https://signal.org/"
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forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-signal/664"
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github="https://github.com/signalapp"
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windows="https://signal.org/download/"
mac="https://signal.org/download/"
linux="https://signal.org/download/"
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googleplay="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms"
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android="https://signal.org/android/apk/#apk-danger"
ios="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669"
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%}
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< h3 > Complete Comparison< / h3 >
< ul >
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< li > < a href = "https://securechatguide.org/effguide.html" > securechatguide.org< / a > - Guide to Choosing a Messenger.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://www.securemessagingapps.com/" > securemessagingapps.com< / a > - Secure Messaging Apps Comparison.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://www.thinkprivacy.io/messengers.html" > thinkprivacy.io< / a > - Simple Secure Messaging Apps Comparison.< / li >
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< / ul >
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< h3 > Worth Mentioning< / h3 >
< ul >
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< li > < a href = "https://briarproject.org/" > Briar< / a > - An ultra-secure peer-to-peer instant messenger that connects to contacts via Direct Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Tor over the internet, keeping its users protected from surveillance and censorship.< / li >
< li > < a href = "https://about.riot.im/" > Riot< / a > - An open-source, federated messenger that utilizes the Matrix protocol. This application is primarily recommended as a large group/team chat solution. While Riot has the ability to perform 1-on-1 communications we believe there are better solutions for direct communications.< / li >
Fix some typos, grammar, etc., and add details (#1418)
* Fix some typos, grammar, etc. on the site
Fixes some issues with typos, capitalization, grammar, and et cetera.
* Fix typo, grammar, etc. in repository
* Update README.md
Mention Discourse community earlier, add missing period
* Update CONTRIBUTING.md
i.e. is used for equivalence or clarification while e.g. is for
examples. For instance, we shouldn't say that IMAP is equivalent or an
explanation to all open-source software used to access email (e.g.
there's POP3, open-source clients to access when there isn't IMAP such
as Tutanota, etc.).
We also shouldn't call IMAP open-source software since it's a protocol.
* Change "socially motivated
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-Authored-By: Jonah Aragon <jonah@triplebit.net>
* Suggestion from code review with extras
* 'Kill switch' to 'Killswitch"
* Consistency and minor additions to details
- More parallel sentence structures, following <Name> <Verb phrase>
for the first sentence of cards. Related to issue #1420.
- Make Njalla parallel to the others, and mention Njalla
is based in Nevis with VPS in Sweden
- Don't use "us" when talking about external services
- Orange Website also provides domain registration
- Update capitalization and add more hyphens
- Mention that TOS;DR evaluations are done by the community and that
they also evaluate privacy policies (see https://edit.tosdr.org/about)
- "E2EE encryption" is redundant since "E2EE" already has "encryption"
in it. Might as well expand it since full term is used later on.
- <Name> <Verb phrase> structure for Magic Wormhole
- For consistency, don't start Worth Mentioning entries with the name
- https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27707/post-hyphenation-of-split-compound-words
- All the other "alert alert-warning" don't repeat the generic name and
we also don't say 'a software'
* instant-messenger: Remove <em>, more cleanup
* voice-video-messenger: Hyphens and cleanup
- We don't say "a software" so replace it with something that works
* paste-services: Cleanup & change cryptography info
As per CryptPad's whitepaper and FAQ:
https://cryptpad.fr/faq.html#security-crypto
https://blog.cryptpad.fr/images/CryptPad-Whitepaper-v1.0.pdf
Fixes #1417.
* encryption: "open-source"
* Page descriptions and other cleanup
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< li > < a href = "https://retroshare.cc/" > RetroShare< / a > - An end-to-end encrypted instant messaging and voice/video call client. RetroShare supports both TOR and I2P. < / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://xmpp.org/" > XMPP< / a > - Federated instant messaging protocol with < a href = "https://conversations.im/omemo/" > OMEMO< / a > , OTR, or OpenPGP end-to-end encryption:< / li >
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< ul >
Fix some typos, grammar, etc., and add details (#1418)
* Fix some typos, grammar, etc. on the site
Fixes some issues with typos, capitalization, grammar, and et cetera.
* Fix typo, grammar, etc. in repository
* Update README.md
Mention Discourse community earlier, add missing period
* Update CONTRIBUTING.md
i.e. is used for equivalence or clarification while e.g. is for
examples. For instance, we shouldn't say that IMAP is equivalent or an
explanation to all open-source software used to access email (e.g.
there's POP3, open-source clients to access when there isn't IMAP such
as Tutanota, etc.).
We also shouldn't call IMAP open-source software since it's a protocol.
* Change "socially motivated
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-Authored-By: Jonah Aragon <jonah@triplebit.net>
* Suggestion from code review with extras
* 'Kill switch' to 'Killswitch"
* Consistency and minor additions to details
- More parallel sentence structures, following <Name> <Verb phrase>
for the first sentence of cards. Related to issue #1420.
- Make Njalla parallel to the others, and mention Njalla
is based in Nevis with VPS in Sweden
- Don't use "us" when talking about external services
- Orange Website also provides domain registration
- Update capitalization and add more hyphens
- Mention that TOS;DR evaluations are done by the community and that
they also evaluate privacy policies (see https://edit.tosdr.org/about)
- "E2EE encryption" is redundant since "E2EE" already has "encryption"
in it. Might as well expand it since full term is used later on.
- <Name> <Verb phrase> structure for Magic Wormhole
- For consistency, don't start Worth Mentioning entries with the name
- https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27707/post-hyphenation-of-split-compound-words
- All the other "alert alert-warning" don't repeat the generic name and
we also don't say 'a software'
* instant-messenger: Remove <em>, more cleanup
* voice-video-messenger: Hyphens and cleanup
- We don't say "a software" so replace it with something that works
* paste-services: Cleanup & change cryptography info
As per CryptPad's whitepaper and FAQ:
https://cryptpad.fr/faq.html#security-crypto
https://blog.cryptpad.fr/images/CryptPad-Whitepaper-v1.0.pdf
Fixes #1417.
* encryption: "open-source"
* Page descriptions and other cleanup
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< li > < a href = "https://conversations.im/" > Conversations< / a > (Android) - An open-source Jabber/XMPP client for Android 4.4+ smartphones. < span class = "badge badge-success" > OMEMO< / span > < / li >
< li > < a href = "https://gajim.org/" > Gajim< / a > (FreeBSD, Linux, Windows) - An open-source fully featured XMPP client. < span class = "badge badge-success" > OMEMO< / span > < / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://monal.im/" > Monal< / a > (iOS, MacOS) - An XMPP client in active development. < span class = "badge badge-success" > OMEMO< / span > < span class = "badge badge-success" > VoIP< / span > < / li >
Fix some typos, grammar, etc., and add details (#1418)
* Fix some typos, grammar, etc. on the site
Fixes some issues with typos, capitalization, grammar, and et cetera.
* Fix typo, grammar, etc. in repository
* Update README.md
Mention Discourse community earlier, add missing period
* Update CONTRIBUTING.md
i.e. is used for equivalence or clarification while e.g. is for
examples. For instance, we shouldn't say that IMAP is equivalent or an
explanation to all open-source software used to access email (e.g.
there's POP3, open-source clients to access when there isn't IMAP such
as Tutanota, etc.).
We also shouldn't call IMAP open-source software since it's a protocol.
* Change "socially motivated
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-Authored-By: Jonah Aragon <jonah@triplebit.net>
* Suggestion from code review with extras
* 'Kill switch' to 'Killswitch"
* Consistency and minor additions to details
- More parallel sentence structures, following <Name> <Verb phrase>
for the first sentence of cards. Related to issue #1420.
- Make Njalla parallel to the others, and mention Njalla
is based in Nevis with VPS in Sweden
- Don't use "us" when talking about external services
- Orange Website also provides domain registration
- Update capitalization and add more hyphens
- Mention that TOS;DR evaluations are done by the community and that
they also evaluate privacy policies (see https://edit.tosdr.org/about)
- "E2EE encryption" is redundant since "E2EE" already has "encryption"
in it. Might as well expand it since full term is used later on.
- <Name> <Verb phrase> structure for Magic Wormhole
- For consistency, don't start Worth Mentioning entries with the name
- https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27707/post-hyphenation-of-split-compound-words
- All the other "alert alert-warning" don't repeat the generic name and
we also don't say 'a software'
* instant-messenger: Remove <em>, more cleanup
* voice-video-messenger: Hyphens and cleanup
- We don't say "a software" so replace it with something that works
* paste-services: Cleanup & change cryptography info
As per CryptPad's whitepaper and FAQ:
https://cryptpad.fr/faq.html#security-crypto
https://blog.cryptpad.fr/images/CryptPad-Whitepaper-v1.0.pdf
Fixes #1417.
* encryption: "open-source"
* Page descriptions and other cleanup
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< li > < a href = "https://omemo.top/" > Other OMEMO-ready clients< / a > .< / li >
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< / ul >
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< li > < a href = "https://www.kontalk.org/" > Kontalk< / a > - A community-driven instant messaging network. Supports end-to-end encryption. Both client-to-server and server-to-server channels are fully encrypted.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://keybase.io/" > Keybase< / a > - < span class = "badge badge-warning" data-toggle = "tooltip" title = "This software relies on a closed-source central server." > Warning< / span > End-to-end encrypted messaging with social verification.< / li >
< li > < a href = "https://status.im/" > Status< / a > - < span class = "badge badge-warning" > Experimental< / span > A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messanger with support for DAPPs.< / li >
Fix some typos, grammar, etc., and add details (#1418)
* Fix some typos, grammar, etc. on the site
Fixes some issues with typos, capitalization, grammar, and et cetera.
* Fix typo, grammar, etc. in repository
* Update README.md
Mention Discourse community earlier, add missing period
* Update CONTRIBUTING.md
i.e. is used for equivalence or clarification while e.g. is for
examples. For instance, we shouldn't say that IMAP is equivalent or an
explanation to all open-source software used to access email (e.g.
there's POP3, open-source clients to access when there isn't IMAP such
as Tutanota, etc.).
We also shouldn't call IMAP open-source software since it's a protocol.
* Change "socially motivated
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-Authored-By: Jonah Aragon <jonah@triplebit.net>
* Suggestion from code review with extras
* 'Kill switch' to 'Killswitch"
* Consistency and minor additions to details
- More parallel sentence structures, following <Name> <Verb phrase>
for the first sentence of cards. Related to issue #1420.
- Make Njalla parallel to the others, and mention Njalla
is based in Nevis with VPS in Sweden
- Don't use "us" when talking about external services
- Orange Website also provides domain registration
- Update capitalization and add more hyphens
- Mention that TOS;DR evaluations are done by the community and that
they also evaluate privacy policies (see https://edit.tosdr.org/about)
- "E2EE encryption" is redundant since "E2EE" already has "encryption"
in it. Might as well expand it since full term is used later on.
- <Name> <Verb phrase> structure for Magic Wormhole
- For consistency, don't start Worth Mentioning entries with the name
- https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27707/post-hyphenation-of-split-compound-words
- All the other "alert alert-warning" don't repeat the generic name and
we also don't say 'a software'
* instant-messenger: Remove <em>, more cleanup
* voice-video-messenger: Hyphens and cleanup
- We don't say "a software" so replace it with something that works
* paste-services: Cleanup & change cryptography info
As per CryptPad's whitepaper and FAQ:
https://cryptpad.fr/faq.html#security-crypto
https://blog.cryptpad.fr/images/CryptPad-Whitepaper-v1.0.pdf
Fixes #1417.
* encryption: "open-source"
* Page descriptions and other cleanup
2019-10-26 01:58:01 -04:00
< li > < a href = "https://tox.chat/" > Tox< / a > - < span class = "badge badge-warning" > Experimental< / span > A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messaging, and video calling software. < span class = "badge badge-success" > VoIP< / span > < / li >
< li > < a href = "https://jami.net/" > Jami (formerly Ring/SFLphone)< / a > - Gives you full control over your communications and an unmatched level of privacy. Jami has text messaging, video and audio calls, file transfer, and video conferencing. < span class = "badge badge-success" > VoIP< / span > < / li >
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< / ul >
< h3 > Related Information< / h3 >
< ul >
< li > < a href = "https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/14/communicating-secret-watched/" > Chatting in Secret While We're All Being Watched - firstlook.org< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "https://signal.org/android/apk/" > Advanced users with special needs can download the Signal APK directly. Most users should not do this under normal circumstances.< / a > < / li >
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< li > Independent security audits< / li >
< ul >
< li > < a href = "https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1013.pdf" > A Formal Security Analysis of the Signal Messaging Protocol (2019)< / a > by Katriel Cohn-Gordon, Cas Cremers, Benjamin Dowling, Luke Garratt and Douglas Stebila< / li >
< li > < a href = "https://keybase.io/docs-assets/blog/NCC_Group_Keybase_KB2018_Public_Report_2019-02-27_v1.3.pdf" > Keybase's Protocol Security Review (2019)< / a > by < a href = "https://www.nccgroup.trust/" > NCC Group< / a > < / li >
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