The Best Encrypted Messaging Apps You Can (and Should) Use Today

Post by Sykox » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 8:59 AM UTC

akerro wrote: post #11

Is this article sponsored? Hard to say if it's without such label, but easy to say when it recommends close-source apps, or when server is close-source and network owned by social network... It also misses community-based projects like Tox, Ring that are end-to-end encrypted and decentralized (DHT) by design and Riot (federalised Slack-like with end-to-end encryption), or Wire - one of the most feature-complete IMs.…

Post by detaro » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 9:09 AM UTC

Sykox wrote: post #5

cyborgx7 wrote: post #3

The characterization of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) as an encryption protocol destroyed the last bit of trust I had left in this article after the recommendation of a bunch of closed-source apps owned by social networks, while arguing in service of privacy, took most of it.

Agree with you. Anyone that gives Whatsapp 1st place is... hahhaaa

Post by akerro » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 1:59 PM UTC

k_sze wrote: post #15

akerro wrote: post #11

Is this article sponsored? Hard to say if it's without such label, but easy to say when it recommends close-source apps, or when server is close-source and network owned by social network... It also misses community-based projects like Tox, Ring that are end-to-end encrypted and decentralized (DHT) by design and Riot (federalised Slack-like with end-to-end encryption), or Wire - one of the most feature-complete IMs.…

wire.com's certificate just expired. :/