Updated messaging comparison table

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@ -7182,6 +7182,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<th>Possible through Tor</th>
<th>Privacy and Security Track Record ***</th>
<th>De-centralized</th>
<th>Additional notes</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
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<td>Yes</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Yes (peer to peer)</td>
<td>Not sufficiently reviewed by this project, cannot recommend</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Briar (preferred)</td>
@ -7213,6 +7215,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Natively<sup>3</sup></td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Yes (peer to peer)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>Cwtch</p>
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<td>Natively</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Yes (peer to peer)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>Discord</p>
@ -7243,6 +7247,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Element / Matrix.org (preferred)</td>
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<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Partial (federated servers)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Facebook Messenger (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>OnionShare (preferred)</td>
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<td>Natively</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Yes (peer to peer)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Apple Messages (aka iMessage)</td>
@ -7299,6 +7307,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Maybe Virtualization using real Apple device ID</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>IRC</td>
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<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>Jami</p>
@ -7328,6 +7338,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization<sup>9</sup></td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Partial</td>
<td>Tor breaks some features</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>KakaoTalk (avoid)</td>
@ -7342,6 +7353,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Keybase</td>
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<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Kik (avoid)</td>
@ -7370,6 +7383,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Line (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Pidgin with OTR (avoid)</td>
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<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad<a href="#fn6" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref6" role="doc-noteref"><sup>6</sup></a></td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>qTox</td>
<td>qTox (avoid)</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
@ -7412,6 +7428,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the
<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization</td>
<td>Medium<a href="#fn7" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref7" role="doc-noteref"><sup>7</sup></a></td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Has known cryptographic weaknesses</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>Session</p>
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<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization<sup>10</sup></td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Lacks PFS, deniability</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Signal</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Requires burner or anonymous VOIP number for anonymous usage</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Skype (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>SnapChat (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>[Deleted/expired messages are easily recoverable](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/09/snapchat-photos-not-deleted)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Teams (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Telegram</td>
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<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization</td>
<td>Medium<a href="#fn9" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref9" role="doc-noteref"><sup>9</sup></a></td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Viber (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>WeChat (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>WhatsApp (avoid)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Wickr Me</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>No</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Gajim (XMPP) (preferred)</td>
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<td>Via Proxy<sup>3</sup> or Virtualization</td>
<td>Good</td>
<td>Partial</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Zoom (avoid<a href="#fn10" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref10" role="doc-noteref"><sup>10</sup></a>)</td>
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<td>Virtualization</td>
<td>Bad<a href="#fn12" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref12" role="doc-noteref"><sup>12</sup></a></td>
<td>No</td>
<td>[Malware risk](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>