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Interesting. Since the CEO of Telegram was arrested in France last month, I’ve read countless threads on c/privacy about which messaging app is best for privacy, and the two names that seem to come up the most are Signal and any Matrix client (e.g. Element); however, some commenters point out Signal’s phone number requirement and I forget what the other caveats are.
I don’t recall reading about Wire in any of those threads, but at a glance it seems to check all the boxes (open source, always-on encryption, etc).
Am I missing something? Any ideas why this app wouldn’t come up in such discussions?
EDIT: Hmm, I just went back and re-read a thread from last week, and Wire is actually mentioned. Maybe I’ve just always mentally skipped over it until now.
Some people don't like them because the fdroid app wasn't updated for years. I actually started migrating to Matrix because if this, but I really don't like that matrix sends a lot of data unencrypted.
Now that Wire is pushing updates to fdroid again, I don't see much valid criticism
Gotcha. So is Wire like, the privacy seeker’s dream messaging app? No phone number, always-on encryption, zero-knowledge servers, open source… any caveats?
Caveat..only some of your friends will actually install it?
But, yeah, its been my app of choice for years. Its definitely the best imo