BEST Encrypted Messaging Apps Compared: Chat Privately!

It's bragging time! What's your favorite messenger? Leave them below 🔽🔽 Fix 1: Telegram technically has a transparency report, but it's suspiciously empty. Make of that what you will: t.me/transparency Fix 2: Session has made a thread with some fixes, including how they (properly) handle cloud backups: twitter.com/session_app/status/1447812389928275972

The biggest hurdle is nobody stops using whatsapp. Wtf can i do, i just sit alone in my private messenger with nobody xd.

"It is facebook run" or "It is facebook, run"?

Wow! Can't even begin to think about the amount of time/work it to produce this comprehensive comparison. Great video!

For a split second my brain was like: never heard about that SMS messenger before >.<

“Never transmit anything electronically that you cannot explain to a jury in a fair trial. Facts don’t matter in a kangaroo court.”

Unbelievable the amount of time and care you've invested in this. Thank you! I appreciate this channel.

Amazing way to overview such a complex topic very clean and clear presentation I would have included that not all of them are free

I have Signal, Telegram, XMPP, Matrix Element, and Briar. And SMS of course. Ive enabled and configured all that I can to maximize security and privacy. I also have separate apps for RSA encryption. I can copy/paste encrypted messages into any of these apps. Im impressed by Session though; I might look into that now.

Session seems cool

Matrix has encrypted cloud backup (with the option to keep encryption keys backed up encrypted as well)

Thank youuuu :-) Nicely done.

Honestly I delete Whatsapp I thought nobody's gonna talk me anymore but believe me real people who love you will do it from different platforms or call you directly

I would love to know more about Matrix's leakage issues, as this is the first I have heard of them, and it's currently the messaging service I prefer

Small recent change to Signal: you no longer need a phone number to add new people to your account with the new usernames. (You do still need it register though.) Another semi-recent change to Signal: the spam filter is not open source. They wrote a blog post about this. The calls to and from and thereby the data going in and coming out still are, but the exact criterea with which they filter spam is not open source (for obvious reasons). (I don't think this needs an edit.) Awesome video overall, thanks for all the effort you put in! 🌟

Thank you for the time and endeavor. You should add to this list the OLVID. It is French

WhatsApp does unencrypted cloud backups to either iCloud or Google Drive depending on your device.

One thing not mentioned in this video is how the data is stored on the users phone. In the UK the police mainly use the method of seizing phones and searching them (rather than any form of remotely monitoring traffic). A far more low tech, but effective method. I feel that none of the messaging apps do anything to protect against this.

hands down best video on the topic

Very helpful overview. Thanks