qTox
qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol. (by qTox)
TextSecure
A private messenger for Android. (by signalapp)
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| qTox | TextSecure | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 985 | |
| 4,407 | 24,890 | |
| - | 0.8% | |
| 9.0 | 9.9 | |
| about 1 year ago | 3 days ago | |
| C++ | Java | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
qTox
Posts with mentions or reviews of qTox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-27.
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qTox unmaintained. Is this the end of qTox?
If you go to https://github.com/qTox/qTox You will see the following: "Due to a lack of resources, qTox is no longer maintained. If someone with provable C++ experience and sufficient resources to maintain qTox wants to take over I'm happy to discuss that." So is someone going to "take over"? I really like qTox & would hate to see it go.
- question for the girls 😼
- Netikoosoleku eelteade: 29. jaanuar 20:00 (vestluse tekitamine Delta Chat-is ei õnnestunud)
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Comparison of messaging apps
qTox https://qtox.github.io/ There is an android variant called aTox, not sure about mobile IOS.
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Looking for privacy respecting voice chat, that works online without creating an account, and has an option to use push to talk
Maybe something that uses the Tox network? Maybe qTox: https://qtox.github.io/
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11 methods of sending 118GB failed. Advice?
Qtox(p2p messaging?) failed: You can send files, but it looks like you can only open folders to look for files to send, not send folders themselves.
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Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans
Tox (anonymous too, if routed through Tor) [clients like qTox might not be the "sexiest", but they are small and can be used almost anywhere]
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EMPRESS is working on a Deathloop crackfix, those with problems are advised to get in contact right now
What is Google? https://qtox.github.io/
- Barroso não sabe o que é VPN, e se soubesse, rasgaria o boga de tanta raiva. 😂
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Mattermost-Alternative?
Qtox does all that, even if screen sharing was a bit obscure years ago. Qtox won't work on iOS but there is an Android release. Big advantages: no server required, easy to use, secure, open source.
TextSecure
Posts with mentions or reviews of TextSecure.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-06.
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The xz sshd backdoor rabbithole goes quite a bit deeper
Moxie's reasons for disallowing Signal distribution via F-droid always rang a little flat to me ( https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127 ). Lots of chatter about the supposedly superior security model of Google Play Store, and as a result fewer eyes independently building and testing the Signal code base. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but independent and reproducible builds seem like a net positive for everyone. Always struggled to understand releasing code as open source without taking advantage of the community's willingness to build and test. Looking at it in a new light after the XZ backdoor, and Jia Tan's interactions with other FOSS folk.
- WhatsApp forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code
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Signal: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal has documentation on how to reproduce their Play Store builds and compare them with what you've installed locally:
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/reprod...
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Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy
There's nothing on Signal blog as of yet, but Signal's git repository was tagged with v7.0.0 yesterday and we can see from the commit history since the previously tagged version (v6.74.4) that there will be a setting to hide one's phone number [1], as well as disabling the previous default behavior of advertising that one is on Signal to all their contacts already using it [2].
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/8797236b5... (PNP stands for "Phone Number Privacy")
[2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/6097e6c30...
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What are you shocked people are still doing nowadays?
Signal works the same but without the user tracking from Meta/Facebook. Many people use it as well but I'm surprised that a majority sticks to WhatsApp.
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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app
Telegram and Signal solve this.
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Apple Just Confirmed Governments Are Spying on People’s Phones With Push Notifications
Sadly yes: Looks like an open issue 13290 for Signal, sounds like they were/are indeed still interacting through google's push notification service, wat, and per a link at that issue it was a chore for Tutanota to break away once they realised it was a problem some years ago (though at least they thought about it years ago? wtf Signal...)
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Building end-to-end security for Messenger – Engineering at Meta
Here is one: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/main/reprod...
- Are Signal Notifications Encrypted ?
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Facebook & Messenger finally get end-to-end encryption
Rule 1: Posts to r/signal must relate to Signal.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing qTox and TextSecure you can also consider the following projects:
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
undiscord - Undiscord - Delete all messages in a Discord server / channel or DM (Easy and fast) Bulk delete
Tox - The future of online communications.
Signal-TLS-Proxy
jami-cli - Jami client for terminal
duckduckgo-locales - Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>
GoodbyeDPI - GoodbyeDPI — Deep Packet Inspection circumvention utility (for Windows)
toxic - A Tox-based instant messaging and video chat client
MaterialAudiobookPlayer - Minimalistic audiobook player
c-toxcore - The future of online communications.
Signal-Android - Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease".