Nowadays we have to pay close attention to our online privacy and should take care to protect it. In today's online world we should take care about things like data theft, digital snooping and surveillance.
Secure messaging has now gan its popularity as most of the users want to protect themselves from hacker and surveillance. Most of the apps have end-to-end encryption which helps to communicate through a secure channel and nobody in between not the companies nor even the government and developers developing these tools can access it.
Here in this post, I want to list few of such encrypted instant messaging app that you all can use as a primary or as an alternate chat app.
1. Signal
Signal is develop by Open Whisper System. It provides instant messaging and also has voice and video calling available. is an open source project so anyone can check it security and authenticity. It provides end-to-end encryption in their communication. It allows you to text individual or groups, share media and other attachments. It also offers self-destruction of message after a set amount of time. Now in collaboration with, Microsoft is introducing a private conversation feature in Skype which is powered by Signal protocol. The Signal team is supported by the community donations and there is no advertisement and it completely free for users.
Website: https://signal.org/
Github: https://github.com/signalapp
Operating System: Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, and macOS.
2. Wire
Wire app is developed by Wire Swiss GmbH. It provides instant end-to-end encrypted messaging as well as allows users to make calls and video chat. With this app, you can also chat in groups and share media file, secure screen share and share other attachments too. All the chats and files are sync with your phone and computer and its protected with end-to-end encryption. also allows users to log in to its app with multiple accounts. It allows users to switch between work and personal conversations. It also offers self-destruction feature of a message. It is also open-source and anyone can check its security and authenticity from it Github. The wire with its premium features with three categories: monthly, 12 months and 36 months. Note: the company keeps the contact of the users you chat until you delete your account.
Website: https://wire.com/
Github: https://github.com/wireapp/
Operating: Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, macOS.
3.Ricochet
Ricochet use the Tor network for communication. It does not rely on the messaging servers to reach your contacts. Here instead of a username, a user gets a unique address
ricochet:rs6ecfg463of4g. This address acts as a unique id which is used by the users to contact each other. You can see who is online in this app and send messages and since all the communicated is end-to-end encrypted so it is secure from third party eyes. Since the messages travel through Tor network so nobody would know from where and to whom the message is traveling.
Website: https://ricochet.im/
Operating System: Windows, macOS, and Linux
4. Chat Secure
It is a free and open source messaging app with OMEMO encryption and OTR encryption over XMPP. It allows to create an account using Google accounts or create new accounts on public XMPP server and also user can use Tor or if a user wants to add extra security he/she can connect their own servers. One of the best features of Chatsecure is that it is interoperable with any app that supports or OTR and XMPP. Chat uses only the well-known cryptographic libraries and uses SQLCipher to locally encrypt conversation logs.
Website: https://chatsecure.org/
Github: https://github.com/chatsecure
Operating system: iOS
5.Cryptocat
Cryptocat is a free and open source project with a simple mission: to offer privacy while chatting with our friends and family. Every message is encrypted by default. Even if your keys are stolen, your chats will be safe because its forward secured. It has multiple devices feature so users can also receive a message when they are offline. It also offers to securely send media file and other attachments.
Website: https://crypto.cat/index.html
Operating System: Windows, Linux, and MacOS
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