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Category
Name
Rating
Comment
URL
Multiplier
2
No
00
0
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​
Yes
00
-2
​
​
5
Yes (notified if fingerprint changes)
00
2
​
​
Yes (fingerprint optional)
00
1
​
​
No
00
-1
​
​
Yes (Only in Group Chats)
00
0
​
​
Yes (if previously verified)
00
0
​
​
5
Full Sync
00
0
​
​
Manual Sync
00
0
​
​
Unencrypted Chats Only
00
0
​
​
Limited to 8
00
0
​
​
No Sync
00
-1
​
​
5
Has Encrypted Storage
00
0
​
​
No Encrypted Storage
00
0
​
​
Key with Provider
00
-1
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​
N/A
00
0
​
​
Only IOS
00
-1
​
​
12
Bramble
00
1
​
​
OMEMO (Signal Protocol)
00
1
​
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMEMO
Signal Protocol
00
1
​
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Protocol
RSA-Keys
00
1
​
​
Proprietary, Unknown
00
-1
​
​
MTProto
00
0
​
https://core.telegram.org/mtproto
NaCI (no
FPS
⁠
)
00
1
​
​
Proteus (Signal Protocol)
00
1
​
​
OpenPGP (with Autocrypt)
00
0
​
​
OLM/MEGOLM (Signal Protocol)
00
0
​
​
None
00
-2
​
​
XChaCha20-Poly1305
00
2
​
​
4
All
00
2
​
​
Only app users
00
1
​
​
Only PMs
00
1
​
​
None
00
-1
​
​
5
Voice Messages
00
0
​
​
Audio/Video Chats
00
0
​
​
Group Chats
00
0
​
​
File Exchange
00
0
​
​
Self Destructing Messages
00
0
​
​
4
Transparent
00
0
​
​
Partially Transparent
00
-1
​
​
Not transparent
00
-2
​
​
Community Project
00
2
​
​
8
None
00
2
​
​
Distributed
00
1
​
​
Apple
00
-1
​
​
Google
00
-2
​
​
Microsoft
00
-2
​
​
Amazon
00
-2
​
​
Centralized
00
0
​
​
Facebook
00
-2
​
​
3
No
00
1
​
​
Yes
00
-1
​
​
Partially
00
0
​
​
8
N/A
00
1
​
​
Depends on Server Location
00
1
​
​
USA
00
-1
​
​
Switzerland
00
1
​
​
Dubai
00
0
​
​
Germany
00
1
​
​
Luxembourg
00
0
​
​
Australia
00
0
​
​
5
GPLv3
00
0
​
​
GPL
00
0
​
​
Proprietary
00
-2
​
​
Apache
00
0
​
​
Client Open Source
00
-1
​
​
2
Yes
00
1
​
​
No
00
-1
​
​
2
Yes
00
-1
​
​
No
00
1
​
​
3
Decentralized
00
2
​
​
Federated
00
1
​
​
Centralized
00
-1
​
​
6
Android
00
1
​
​
IOS
00
1
​
​
Windows
00
1
​
​
OSX
00
1
​
​
Linux
00
1
​
​
Web
00
1
​
​
2
Yes
00
-1
​
​
No
00
0
​
​
2
Yes
00
-1
​
​
No
00
1
​
​
4
No Storage
00
0
​
​
Local Storage
00
1
​
​
Cloud Storage
00
1
​
​
Self Hosting Possible
00
1
​
​
4
Play Store
00
0
​
​
F-Droid
00
2
​
​
App Store
00
0
​
​
Own Website
00
1
​
​
3
No
00
1
​
​
Optional
00
-1
​
​
Yes
00
-2
​
​
4
Yes
00
-1
​
​
Partially
00
0
​
​
No
00
0
​
​
N/A
00
0
​
​
3
Advanced
00
-1
​
​
Every day user
00
1
​
​
Enthusiast
00
0
​
​
3
NSA Partner
00
-2
​
​
Makes money from Personal Data
00
-2
​
​
Bespoke Encryption Algorithm
00
-2
​
​
3
Poor
00
-1
​
​
Abysmal
00
-2
​
​
Good
00
0
​
​
2
Yes
00
1
​
​
No
00
-2
​
​
2
Yes
00
2
​
​
No
00
0
​
​
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Property Categories
Category
Comment
Advertising
​
Contact Verification
​
Device Syncing
​
Encrypted Storage
​
Encryption Protocol
​
End to End Encryption
​
Features
​
Funding
​
Hosting Infrastructure
​
Leaks Metadata
​
Legal Juridiction
​
Licenses
​
Local Message Encryption
​
Needs Contact List
​
Network Structure
​
Operating Systems
​
Phone Number Necessary
​
Proprietary Libraries
​
Storage Location
​
Store
​
Tracker
​
Automated Backups
​
UX
​
Sins
​
Company Stance on Customer Privacy
​
Reproducible Builds
​
Onion Routing
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Legend
Name
Rating
Very bad
00
-2
Bad
00
-1
Expected
00
0
Good
00
1
Very Good
00
2
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