BEST Encrypted Messaging Apps Compared: Chat Privately!

Let's talk about the most private, secure, and anonymous messengers! Today we'll compare WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, iMessage, Session, Threema, Briar, SMS, Matrix, Wickr, & XMPP.

00:00 Introduction
00:41 Project Funding
01:25 End-to-end encryption? (E2EE)
02:05 Default E2EE Settings
02:46 Is it FOSS? (Open Source)
03:50 Public Transparency Report?
05:04 What information required to register?
06:48 Metadata Collection
08:54 Encrypted cloud backups?
11:23 Timestamp & IP Logs?
12:02 Security Audits?
13:40 Onion Routing?
14:17 Destructing Messages?
15:47 Recap & Summary!

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[techlore]

It's bragging time! What's your favorite messenger? Leave them below 🔽🔽

[reiii]

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

[nycrsny]

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

[TigerGreene]

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

[sophiavoigt]

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

[schweinhund]

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

[frederikklarname]

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

[leesweets]

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.

[nolanfaselt]

Briar is the way to go! They are trying to develop an iOS and Desktop Application.

[banepigeon]

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

[benolifts]

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.

[necro_nemesis]

You red carded Session for not having encrypted cloud backups. Session has no cloud back ups... Messages are stored encrypted in decentralized node swarms. Probably should turn that one green and add a whole new criteria to your list.

[climatechangedoesntbargain]

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

[TheTrophyWife]

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

[FactFinderGeneral]

Using Silence for SMS does provide end to end encryption, a fork of the original Signal project. It encrypts locally, sends, then decrypts. Both parties have to use it though. Development halted since SMS can only do so much but it's still valid.

[Masqueey]

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! 🌟

[YuraJayRJay]

Telegram supposedly stores data in the cloud in the encrypted form. The encryption key is split into parts stored across different jurisdictions. Thanks to this approach users don't need to think of manual backups and also get dozens of impressive cloud features while at the same time this allows Telegram to refuse data disclosure requests from a legal standpoint. The details are clearly explained its privacy policy as well as FAQ.

[JoshuaChandler]

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

[Blaine-Bizbane]

Thanks Techlore. I don't trust any of these apps, not one but i trust you. Never sell your Channel out. Over time people will come to you only.

[GabrielTobing]

14:22 Btw, Briar now has this in their latest update on the 24th of September.