Check: securemessagingapps.com rate 🟩=3 🟨=1 🟥=0 Results = 86 #ThreemaApp = most secure #Messenger 78 #SimpleX Chat 76 #Session 76 #Signal 66 #Wire 55 #Element / #Matrix 36 #Apple #iMessage 26 #Telegram 25 #WhatsApp 25 #Facebook Mess.

Check: securemessagingapps.com rate 🟩=3 🟨=1 🟥=0 Results = 86 #ThreemaApp = most secure #Messenger 78 #SimpleX Chat 76 #Session 76 #Signal 66 #Wire 55 #Element / #Matrix 36 #Apple #iMessage 26 #Telegram 25 #WhatsApp 25 #Facebook Mess.

Here are the four paragraphs of conclusion from that clickbaity piece ("Is Signal safe?") by @protonprivacy about @signalapp that is doing rounds.

1. "Signal remains widely regarded as the gold standard for secure private messaging for very good reasons. The Signal Protocol is extremely secure, and unlike most other apps that use the Signal Protocol, Signal collects almost no metadata from the Signal app."

1/🧵

#Signal #Privacy #InfoSec

An easy prediction for 2026 and beyond: after civil unrest #Signal gets banned in the USA. It tries to move to the EU, but similarly struggles with restrictive legislation.

The ecosystem is moving away from fragile centralised systems, which are very vulnerable to the whims of tyrants.

Here are the four paragraphs of conclusion from that clickbaity piece ("Is Signal safe?") by @protonprivacy about @signalapp that is doing rounds.

1. "Signal remains widely regarded as the gold standard for secure private messaging for very good reasons. The Signal Protocol is extremely secure, and unlike most other apps that use the Signal Protocol, Signal collects almost no metadata from the Signal app."

1/🧵

#Signal #Privacy #InfoSec

An easy prediction for 2026 and beyond: after civil unrest #Signal gets banned in the USA. It tries to move to the EU, but similarly struggles with restrictive legislation.

The ecosystem is moving away from fragile centralised systems, which are very vulnerable to the whims of tyrants.

$[x2 Indian government decrees that WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. must ensure continuous SIM binding with services]

• Indian government has classified each of WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Arattai, Snapchat, ShareChat, JioChat, and Josh as a Telecommunication Identifier User Entity (TIUE)

• TIUEs must fulfill a range of cybersecurity obligations

• TIUEs must ensure that SIM cards remain continuously linked to their services, they must make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM

• For website or web-app-based access, TIUEs must ensure users are logged out periodically (not later than 6 hours) and must offer an option to relink accounts through a QR-code-based method

https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/

$[x2 Indian government decrees that WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. must ensure continuous SIM binding with services]

• Indian government has classified each of WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Arattai, Snapchat, ShareChat, JioChat, and Josh as a Telecommunication Identifier User Entity (TIUE)

• TIUEs must fulfill a range of cybersecurity obligations

• TIUEs must ensure that SIM cards remain continuously linked to their services, they must make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM

• For website or web-app-based access, TIUEs must ensure users are logged out periodically (not later than 6 hours) and must offer an option to relink accounts through a QR-code-based method

https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/

"Here you'll find reviews and research about services and how they affect your #privacy both in person and online backed by real world findings and data collected from testing"

Some apps analysed include:

🏆 @simplex ( @threemaapp seems to be an undisputed winner on other lists)
🥈 @briar
🥉 @cwtch

https://privacyspreadsheet.com/messaging-apps

EDIT: this info is controversial (see comments)

#matrix #telegram #xmpp #signal #whatsapp #threema #wire #zoom #CWTCH

Blue group of fully non technical folks are meeting and messaging on #Signal They are discussing moving to #Discord
I am looking for advice for secure messaging and video calls.
TIA since I know nothing about Discord

#Security #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging #uspol

With Germany poised to change its stance and approve Chat Control, digital privacy end looms in the EU

Companies that take privacy seriously, such as Signal and Tuta are issuing statements of positions regarding the topic.

TL:DR the differences between those two and all the rest are STARK.

Both Signal and Tuta state they will sue or leave EU.

And that is how you choose which businesses to support.

#ChatControl #EU #Privacy #Signal #Tuta

With Germany poised to change its stance and approve Chat Control, digital privacy end looms in the EU

Companies that take privacy seriously, such as Signal and Tuta are issuing statements of positions regarding the topic.

TL:DR the differences between those two and all the rest are STARK.

Both Signal and Tuta state they will sue or leave EU.

And that is how you choose which businesses to support.

#ChatControl #EU #Privacy #Signal #Tuta

@echo_pbreyer Du verlierst nicht alle Kontakte weil z. B. #Signal abgeschaltet wird, Du verlierst nur einen möglichen Kommunikationskanal.

#Threema hat seinen Sitz & Server in der Schweiz und unterliegt somit keinerlei EU (Un-)Recht bzgl. #Chatkontrolle. "Fest steht jedoch, dass es nie eine Threema-Version geben wird, die ihre Nutzer in irgendeiner Form abhört oder überwacht." threema.com/de/blog/chat... #Whatsapp #Signal #Messenger

Die Chatkontrolle muss gestopp...

Introducing Signal Secure Backups, https://signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups/.

#signal #messaging #privacy

Introducing Signal Secure Backups, https://signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups/.

#signal #messaging #privacy