What encrypted messenger do you use most that isn’t Zucking Meta’s Whatsapp and Signal?
Edit Also, besides iMessage and RCS. Sorry thanks
Concersations.im. It’s my backup because it supports OMEMO and OpenPGP.
Besides that, Element (Matrix). I use it for its public rooms.
Kind of ironic to use a private messenger that requires a Google account.
Huh? Which messenger requires a Google account? I’ve been using both Element and Conversations on Google-free Android devices with accounts not connected to Google for years.
Conversations is only available via Play Store and costs $8.
Wire.
None of these are verifiably private. SimpleX, Matrix and PGP encrypted messages (you can use any messenger here) are some truly private options.
I believe matrix can leak metadata.
I would guess Telegram if the users hit the toggle wherever it’s not default. After what you’ve listed and Telegram, I’d guess Matrix/Element
Signal. SimpleX is my backup.
Signal.
“besides Signal…”
Signal provides all the privacy I need, and it’s nowhere near as skeezy as most of the alternatives mentioned in the comments here. As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing better, but if OP would like to detail their objections to it, I’d be happy to hear them.
They probably don’t feel the need to justify their choice of messengers. If you don’t have an answer to OP’s question it’s probably best to abstain.
Matrix, Briar, SimpleX, Threema
This is the way.
I wish I could use Matrix on my phone without it eating my battery 🫤
Matrix is the only one I actually use other than the rest.
There is also XMPP, SimpleX, Threema, Briar, cwtch, Tox, and Delta Chat.
Besides your list? Matrix via element or elementX. I’ve been test driving arcane chat, which is decent enough, but too new to be widely used enough to really say much.
Matrix/Element :)
This! With bridges you can even have all your chats from different chat networks in one app.
I may not know much about software development & programming itself however, I feel like I did my part here.
+1 for Linux folks.
Threema, also has public groups sort of like Telegram
What do I use the most or what do people use the most? I use Matrix the most as most of my friends are on it (+ have it bridged with some chats that aren’t on Matrix). Then after that SimpleX. I don’t know what the most popular encrypted messengers among the general population, except for the ones you listed, are.
I have tried them all, I just use XMPP through Cheogram (mobile) and Movim (desktop in browser) now. I have had success getting my contacts to switch since I never bugged them about any other messengers before. Plus I am willing to follow through with ultimatums of abandonment and they are well aware of that.
If you have any actually normal friends (no offense) you’re going to have to use the regular phone network. XMPP has the best phone network gateway, I’ve bought like five Soprani.ca numbers. No it doesn’t encrypt the regular phone network.
Delta/Arcane Chat is cool but due to everyone basically being an admin-level user in the chat, I strictly use it as a home base for real homies. I mainly use it to run one gajillion bots, check my emails, run Mastodon/Misskey fork accounts in one location, and send stuff/WebXDC apps to myself.
I use Jami and Session. Interested to check out SimpleX Chat though.
iMessage and Threema
