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Messenger profiles

  • Signal: Everyday security; peer-facing pseudonymity with hardened settings.
  • SimpleX: Pseudonymous online contacts; minimising account identifiers.
  • Olvid: Avoid sharing a number with the contact; verify cryptographic identity.
  • Session: Candidate for reassessment after documented fixes and retesting; not a high-assurance starting point.
  • Threema: Peer-facing pseudonymity without a mandatory number.
  • Cwtch: Users on supported platforms who accept Tor and a specialised tool.
  • Briar: Two Android contacts when offline resilience matters.
  • Jami: Users who understand and test P2P paths.
  • Tox / qTox: Assessment of a specific client with P2P awareness.
  • Matrix / Element: Teams / groups with configured server and clients.
  • XMPP / OMEMO: Users able to configure and verify their stack.
  • Telegram: Communities without a requirement to hide text from the service.
  • WhatsApp: Personal use if adoption outweighs metadata minimisation.
  • Discord: Communities, with a different channel for confidential text.
  • Wire: Teams that accept the chosen account / service model.
  • Delta Chat: Email portability rather than network unlinkability as the priority.
  • Ricochet Refresh: Desktop research candidate, not a default recommendation.
  • Status / Waku: Assessment of a specific version and operator.