[lugm.org] Wire - Modern communication, full privacy.

Ajay R Ramjatan ajay.ramjatan at gmail.com
Thu Oct 27 13:23:21 UTC 2016


Hi,

Thanks for the link. I have not evaluated the app but I don't feel good
about a service that is supposed to have strong privacy/security and who
registers their domain with godaddy.

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:14 PM, J'informatique <jinformatique at riseup.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Last month I was telling you about Riot. But as Riot doesn't use
> end-to-end encryption by default today, I wanted to tell you I found an
> other app that seems really gold for user who want to avoid censorship.
> It's Wire.
>
> For me it's much better than Telegram and it could easily replace Skype.
> Hope you can check it out!
> Everything sent in Wire is end-to-end encrypted. Recently they added a
> Linux desktop app for Ubuntu and AppImage.
>
> Modern communication, full privacy.
> https://wire.com/
>
> And don't miss the comparison table on this page:
> https://wire.com/privacy/
>
> Please let me know what you think about this app.
> Thanks,
> Jean
>
>
> On 18/10/2016 17:29, J'informatique wrote:
>
>> I am sorry to inform you that I discovered today the end-to-end
>> encryption feature in Riot is still in beta and not available for
>> audio/video.
>>
>> On 14/10/2016 13:11, J'informatique wrote:
>>
>>> Hello guys,
>>>
>>> Telegram is covering the news because terrorist are using it. The only
>>> encryption that is safe is end-to-end encryption with secret chat. Group
>>> chat and normal chat are stored encrypted on Telegram servers but Telegram
>>> as the keys. And the source code of Telegram running on the server is
>>> closed source.
>>>
>>> Therefore I recommend you to check out Riot. An open source app,
>>> decentralized, using end-to-end encryption that anyone can self host and
>>> keep control.
>>> You don't need a phone number or an email address to login. Just a
>>> nickname and a password!
>>>
>>> It could replace Skype as it supports audio/video chat. I did not try
>>> this features yet.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://riot.im/
>>>
>>> Here is an interview with the creator of Riot
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhCfI-xdvlE
>>>
>>>
>>> Have a nice day,
>>> Jean
>>>
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