| IntelTechniques | Secure | E2EE Comms | Comparison | Beta v. 0.1 | October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Messaging | Confide | Dust | Jitsi | iMessage | Matrix/Element | Session | Signal | Sudo | Telegram | Threema | Wickr | Wire | Notes | |||||||||||
| E2EE Messaging (In-Network) | YES | YES | YES | YES | OPTIONAL | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | PARTIAL* | YES | YES | *Whatsapp cloud (Google) backups are not E2EE | ||||||||||
| Country of Ownership | USA | USA | USA | USA | UK | Australia | USA | USA | UAE | Switzerland | USA | USA | USA | Many other cloud backups (Google, iCloud, etc) may not be E2EE | ||||||||||
| 14-Eyes Association | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||
| Open Source | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | PARTIAL | NO | PARTIAL | YES | |||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Metadata | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Analytics | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||||
| Funding | Various | Mark Cuban | 8×8 | Apple | Matrix/Element | Loki | Signal | Anonyome Labs | Various | Threema | Various | Wire | ||||||||||||
| Registration Requirements | None | None | Phone/Email | None | None | Phone | None | Phone | Payment | Phone | None | |||||||||||||
| Device Contact Access | Optional | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | YES | Optional | YES | NO | Optional | Optional | NO | |||||||||||
| Message Control Across Devices | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||
| Ephemeral Messages | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||
| User ID Format | Member ID | Name | Phone/Email | Username | Username | Phone | Phone | Phone | Username | Phone | Username | Username | ||||||||||||
| Free Version Available | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||
| Desktop/Browser Availability | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||
| Third-Party Audit | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | In Progress | YES | Non-Public | NO | YES | NO | Non-Public | YES | |||||||||||
| CTemplar | Discreet | Mailbox | Posteo | Protonmail | Tutanota | Sudo | ||||||||||||||||||
| E2EE (In-Network) | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||||||||
| E2EE (Non-Network) | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| Country of Ownership | Iceland | Czech Republic | Germany | Germany | Switzerland | Germany | USA | |||||||||||||||||
| 14-Eyes Association | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |||||||||||||||||
| Open Source | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Metadata | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Analytics | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| Funding | Self Funded | Self Funded | Self Funded | Self Funded | Horizon | Self Funded | Anonyome Labs | |||||||||||||||||
| Registration Requirements | None | None | Payment | Payment | None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||
| Free Tier Daily Email Limit | 200 | 100 | 10 (Trial) | YES | 150 | YES | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| Custom Domain | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| Wildcards | YES | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | |||||||||||||||||
| 2FA | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||||||||
| Desktop/Browser Availability | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||||||||
| Third-Party Audit | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | NO | Non-Public | |||||||||||||||||
| Voice | FaceTime | Jitsi | Matrix/Element | Signal | Sudo | Telegram | Threema | Wickr | Wire | |||||||||||||||
| E2EE Calls (In-Network) | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Country of Ownership | USA | USA | UK | USA | USA | UAE | Switzerland | USA | USA | USA | ||||||||||||||
| 14-Eyes Association | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Open Source | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | PARTIAL | NO | PARTIAL | YES | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Metadata | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Analytics | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | ||||||||||||||
| Funding | Apple | 8×8 | Matrix.org | Signal | Anonyome Labs | Various | Threema GmbH | Various | Wire | |||||||||||||||
| Registration Requirements | Phone/Email | None | None | Phone | None | Phone | Payment | Phone | None | |||||||||||||||
| Device Contact Access | YES | NO | NO | YES | Optional | YES | NO | Optional | Optional | NO | ||||||||||||||
| Max # of Users on Call (Base Tier) | 32 | 75 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 8 | 1:1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| User ID Format | Phone/Email | Name | Username | Phone | Phone | Phone | Username | Phone | Username | Username | ||||||||||||||
| Desktop/Browser Availability | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO (Voice) | YES | YES | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Third-Party Audit | NO | NO | NO | YES | Non-Public | NO | YES | NO | Non-Public | YES | ||||||||||||||
| Video | FaceTime | Jitsi | Matrix/Element | Signal | Sudo | Telegram | Threema | Wickr | Wire | Zoom | ||||||||||||||
| E2EE Video (In-Network) | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | PARTIAL | |||||||||||||
| Country of Ownership | USA | USA | UK | USA | USA | UAE | Switzerland | USA | USA | USA | USA | |||||||||||||
| 14-Eyes Association | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||||
| Open Source | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | PARTIAL | NO | PARTIAL | YES | NO | |||||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Metadata | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | |||||||||||||
| 3rd-Party Analytics | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | |||||||||||||
| Funding | Apple | 8×8 | Matrix.org | Signal | Anonyome Labs | Various | Threema GmbH | Various | Wire | Various | ||||||||||||||
| Registration Requirements | Phone/Email | None | None | Phone | None | Phone | Payment | Phone | None | |||||||||||||||
| Device Contact Access | YES | NO | NO | YES | Optional | YES | NO | Optional | Optional | NO | Optional | |||||||||||||
| Max # of Users on Call (Base Tier) | 32 | 75 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 8 | 1:1 | 4 | 100 | |||||||||||||
| User ID Format | Phone/Email | Name | Username | Phone | Phone | Phone | Username | Phone | Username | Username | ||||||||||||||
| Desktop/Browser Availability | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | NO (Video) | YES | YES | YES | YES | |||||||||||||
| Third-Party Audit | NO | NO | NO | YES | Non-Public | NO | YES | NO | Non-Public | YES | NO | |||||||||||||
| Contributors: Gustov, Up, X, MB |
Coming from IntelliTechniques, this is a comparison chart of the various ‘secure’ messaging apps out there, including mobile apps and email services. The top of the list is (not shockingly): Signal and Wire for messaging and Tutanota and Protonmail for email.
As I discussed in Radio Contra Episode 31, setting up a wifi-only device for communications is absolutely critical at this point in time.
Hi brother Thanks for that info. My group is switching over to dust.
Greetings from South Africa Riaan b
Chance favours the prepared
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Thanks brother!
As far as i can surmise, all messaging apps are unsecure, since they are all being hosted on a (probably) compromised mobile device, on a (certainly) compromised network. I could be wrong, of course. If someone has info to the contrary i would appreciate it.
Set it up to delete them. Signal does this as does Wire.
I found a book on Kindle that goes along with this and has good suggestions how to deal with INSECURED phones.
By Justin Carroll & Drew M.
ComSec: Off-The-Grid Communications Strategies for Privacy Enthusiasts, Journalists, Politicians, Crooks, and the Average Joe.
COMSEC uncovers the methods used by businesses, data brokers, and governments to harvest our data using the surveillance device that we allow into our lives in order to stay constantly connected. The authors share detailed first-hand knowledge about the tools, tradecraft, and techniques used to mitigate and eliminate the threats posed by tracking our communications. These same tactics, taught to covert law enforcement officers, military operatives, and the clandestine community, are explained here for anyone to adopt for their own personal communication strategy.