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c-toxcore
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uTox – The Lightweight Tox Client
See also this somewhat infamous thread on Tox's cryptographic design[1].
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Tox seems slowly dying (change my mind), what alternatives have you researched?
In case with Tox you have to trust in homebrew crypto that was never properly audited (how about that security issue reported by Donenfeld in 2017, which is being tackled only now, sort of?) -- and outdated and outright abandoned clients which were never above, let's say, "beta quality".
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qTox unmaintained. Is this the end of qTox?
it has the new group chat feature (https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/2269)
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My list of favorite secure messaging apps
What an arbitrary criteria to judge a project by. There have been 5 releases in the past year, including a major feature release.
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Shadiness in the Privacy Space: Jonah Aragon's (PrivacyGuides) Failed Attempt to Takeover PrivacyTools.io
tox https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/426
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E2E encrypted voice and chat service similar to Discord/Slack?
You could use a Tox front end like qTox or Toxic. It is a fully encrypted end-to-end communication protocol that allows text, voice, and video chat. The github page for the Tox protocol has some useful caveats about the its security.
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Tox: Decentralized and Encrypted Instant Messaging
It links to a bug report discussion where one of the developers states that they don't understand the security properties of tox very well[1].
I find that worrying.
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Signal alternatives?
Ouch! Yeah, that was around the time I tried out Tox – did not know about this, though. It's been four years since they were made aware of that crypto hazard, and it seems they have eliminated it.
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discord....
Tox has experimental crypto and major vulnerabilities. I wouldn't recommend using it and expecting reasonable security.
jami-cli
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How to copy a file between devices?
I am surprised to not see Jami ( http://jami.net ) mentioned here yet. It is a GNU project and is fully cross platform. I use it to send files and messages between my devices, as easy as Telegram or Whatsapp.
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Jitsi.org has started requiring authentication
You already can, apart from some DHT and bootstrapping stuff.
I tried to like Jami, but it never worked right when I tried it. I didn't find a decent Android Tox client with video call, but it should work alright for text.
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⟳ 4 apps added, 56 updated at f-droid.org
Jami (version 20230424-01): Audio & Video Calls / Chat Take Control of your Communication!
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Vonage Help!
The other option is https://jami.net/. It seems to have a phone option and could potentially replace your current system.
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Have you tried any decentralized messengers?
Try Jami https://jami.net/! I'm kind of blown away by how well it works! I originally tried it about a year ago, but it was kind of a pain. My issues with it were fixed when they incorporated UnifiedPush. However, since iPhone will never have something like UnifiedPush, I wouldn't recommend it for iPhone users or people with many iPhone-using friends to convert.
- "your files are too powerful!"
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⟳ 0 apps added, 54 updated at f-droid.org
Jami (version 20230227-01): Secure and distributed communication platform
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Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption
jami.net and tox.chat sort of being the way skype originally was.
- Linux software list. Discussion and advice welcome!
What are some alternatives?
Tox - The future of online communications.
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
qTox - qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.
berty - Berty is a secure peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access, cellular data or trust in the network
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
Element - A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.
Conversations - Conversations is an open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android
aTox - Reasonable Tox client for Android
Vencord - The cutest Discord client mod
status-mobile - a free (libre) open source, mobile OS for Ethereum
Signal-Server - Server supporting the Signal Private Messenger applications on Android, Desktop, and iOS