From 3a44b2941f6a33a9f64d0bfbce8718d6fd3f4353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Anderson Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:29:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated messaging comparison table --- guide.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/guide.md b/guide.md index d04a04c..4927698 100644 --- a/guide.md +++ b/guide.md @@ -7182,6 +7182,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Possible through Tor Privacy and Security Track Record *** De-centralized +Additional notes @@ -7199,6 +7200,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Yes Good Yes (peer to peer) +Not sufficiently reviewed by this project, cannot recommend Briar (preferred) @@ -7213,6 +7215,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Natively3 Good Yes (peer to peer) +

Cwtch

@@ -7228,6 +7231,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Natively Good Yes (peer to peer) +

Discord

@@ -7243,6 +7247,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + Element / Matrix.org (preferred) @@ -7257,6 +7262,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization Good Partial (federated servers) + Facebook Messenger (avoid) @@ -7271,6 +7277,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + OnionShare (preferred) @@ -7285,6 +7292,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Natively Good Yes (peer to peer) + Apple Messages (aka iMessage) @@ -7299,6 +7307,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Maybe Virtualization using real Apple device ID Bad No + IRC @@ -7313,6 +7322,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization Good No +

Jami

@@ -7328,6 +7338,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization9 Good Partial +Tor breaks some features KakaoTalk (avoid) @@ -7342,6 +7353,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + Keybase @@ -7356,6 +7368,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the No + Kik (avoid) @@ -7370,6 +7383,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + Line (avoid) @@ -7384,6 +7398,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + Pidgin with OTR (avoid) @@ -7398,9 +7413,10 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization Bad6 No + -qTox +qTox (avoid) Yes No No @@ -7412,6 +7428,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization Medium7 Yes +Has known cryptographic weaknesses

Session

@@ -7427,6 +7444,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization10 Good Yes +Lacks PFS, deniability Signal @@ -7441,6 +7459,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Good No +Requires burner or anonymous VOIP number for anonymous usage Skype (avoid) @@ -7455,6 +7474,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + SnapChat (avoid) @@ -7469,6 +7489,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No +[Deleted/expired messages are easily recoverable](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/09/snapchat-photos-not-deleted) Teams (avoid) @@ -7483,6 +7504,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + Telegram @@ -7497,6 +7519,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization Medium9 No + Viber (avoid) @@ -7511,6 +7534,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + WeChat (avoid) @@ -7525,6 +7549,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + WhatsApp (avoid) @@ -7539,6 +7564,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad No + Wickr Me @@ -7553,6 +7579,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Good No + Gajim (XMPP) (preferred) @@ -7567,6 +7594,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Via Proxy3 or Virtualization Good Partial + Zoom (avoid10) @@ -7581,6 +7609,7 @@ Below you will find a small table showing the state of messaging apps as of the Virtualization Bad12 No +[Malware risk](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/zoom-technology-security-coronavirus-video-conferencing)