diff --git a/guide.md b/guide.md index cc35c41..09f6a24 100644 --- a/guide.md +++ b/guide.md @@ -7808,21 +7808,19 @@ WhileWedo not recommend most of the messaging platforms for the various reasons The ones that are preferred are recommended due to their stance on privacy, their default settings, their crypto choices but also because they allow convenient anonymous sign-up without going through the many hassles of having a phone number/e-mail verification method and are open source. Those should be privileged in most cases. -You can also consult the following external resources for more comparisons: +You can also consult the following external resources for more comparisons (**we do not necessarily endorse their opinions**): -- Wikipedia, [[Wikiless]](https://wikiless.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_protocols) [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_protocols) - -- Wikipedia, [[Wikiless]](https://wikiless.org/wiki/Comparison_of_cross-platform_instant_messaging_clients) [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_cross-platform_instant_messaging_clients) - -- Secure Messaging Apps [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.securemessagingapps.com/) - -- Proton Blog, [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/20220531171438/https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-alternatives) - -- Whonix Documentation, Instant Messenger Chat [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Chat) - -- Have a look at [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://securechatguide.org/featuresmatrix.html) which is also a good comparison table for messaging apps. - -- Messenger-Matrix.de at [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html) +- SecuChart, [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://bkil.gitlab.io/secuchart/) [[Repository]](https://github.com/bkil/secuchart) (Maintained open-source project) +- Wikipedia, [[Wikiless]](https://wikiless.org/wiki/Comparison_of_cross-platform_instant_messaging_clients) [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_cross-platform_instant_messaging_clients) + - Wikipedia, [[Wikiless]](https://wikiless.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_protocols) [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_protocols) +- Whonix Documentation, Instant Messenger Chat [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Chat) (Outdated, Unmaintained but contains insightful information) + +- **Outdated, or unmaintained, or abandoned resources scheduled for removal from our guide in next release:** + + - Secure Messaging Apps [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.securemessagingapps.com/) + - Proton Blog, [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/2022053117143/https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-alternatives) + - SecureChart.org, [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://securechatguide.org/featuresmatrix.html) + - Messenger-Matrix.de at [[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html) **We do not endorse or recommend some mainstream platforms for anonymity including the much-praised Signal which to this date still requires a phone number to register and contact others. In the context of this guide, we strongly recommend against using Signal if possible. The same recommendation applies to popular forks of Signal such as Molly ([[Archive.org]](https://web.archive.org/web/https://molly.im))**