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Tag: messengers

Threema Encrypted Messenger Service Sold to Private Equity Again

2026-01-162026-01-16 Danie
Sign for Threema messaging app with two men in suits shaking hands in the background, emphasizing the sale to private equity.

“Your encrypted messages sit on infrastructure controlled by a German private equity firm whose previous acquisitions include Cloud7 premium dog beds and The Tofoo Company.” Right now there is no immediate problem or risk identified, […]

Blogmessengers, privacy, technology

Signal vs WhatsApp: Signal is still the most private by a long way

2025-03-262025-03-26 Danie
A person with curly, shoulder-length hair in a black top is gazing upward against a light gray background.

Users adding an incorrect user by mistake to a group is no reflection at all on the security of any app. This happens across all apps, as the user is the issue, not the app. […]

Blogmessengers, metadata, privacy, technology

Signal introduces convenient “call links” for private group chats up to 50 people without creating a group

2024-11-122024-11-13 Danie
Purple colour background with blue Signal logo and title saying Signal

Users can control who joins the secure group chats by requiring admin approval when a new join request is created, so the host can approve or decline them. Nice to see such chats also have […]

Blogmessengers, privacy, security, technology

Element X for Android and iOS is a whole new approach to the Matrix messaging app

2023-09-242023-09-24 Danie
Element X intro screen saying Be in your Element, welcome to the fastest Element ever. Supercharged for speed and simplicity. Green background with an Element logo above the text.

A bit like Telegram has a Telegram X for highlighting new beta features (no neither have anything at all to do with the X network), so has Element now “ignited” their Element X messenger. It […]

Blogmatrix, messengers, opensource, privacy, technology

What is Signal? The basics of the most secure messaging app: Modern phones can easily have multiple messenger apps on them

2023-06-132023-06-13 Danie
Signal icon on phone screen with caption Signal; under it, and a finger hovering over the icon.

Today, most messaging apps have true end-to-end-encryption (Telegram’s must be activated per contact for Secret Chat), but what really differs now is how many can tie your communications back to you through metadata. Obviously those […]

Blogchat, messengers, security, signal, technology
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