I’ve been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.
I plan to turn PrivacySpreadsheet.com into a place for privacy data on everything from cars to video games. It’s all open source too on GitHub.
Not trying to advertise, I just put a lot of time into researching all this, and I want to share it since I think others could benefit.
Didn’t even include the default messages app that most Android phones ship with 🤦
Please submit a GitHub issue so I can track the suggestions and problems, thanks
I’ve updated the spreadsheet to include Google Messages, should be live on the site now :)
Nice work so far! It’s a big task, really.
Smart idea hosting on git. Gives it a chance to be maintained and have a history.
Any way to download as a csv/excel file? (I can just copy/paste from the web, but that’s imperfect)
Not that I give a shit, but I can see you potentially catching some flack for listing the USA as an “authoritarian regime” lmfao
I wouldn’t say worse than China, but I’d say they’re both equal, in their own way.
It’s the nature of state politics and security. I’d bet even money every government on the planet is equally bad, up to the resources they have at their disposal.
Remember, all governments are collections of individuals, and individuals range in their morality.
Certain types are attracted to certain opportunities…like the power of government.
Love your commitment but I already knew SimpleX is the best. 🙃
It’s got that telegram is funded by Russia, is that true?
Wikipedia says the opposite.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)
Telegram was launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov. Previously, the pair founded the Russian social network VK, which they left in 2014, saying it had been taken over by the government. Pavel sold his remaining stake in VK and left Russia after resisting government pressure.
Really? Because that’s how I use it. There’s nothing “public” about anything I use in it.
There’s also fully end-to-end encrypted chats.
Telegram was suddenly unblocked in Russia after getting a bunch of money from the Kremlin.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-kremlin-has-entered-the-chat/
The Moscow Times reported that the investments included $75 million from a joint partnership between an Abu Dhabi state fund and a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.
