Messenger Comparisons
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This overview of messenger comparisons is unique in this form and divided into the following sections:
A daily updated overview of all messengers with exactly the criteria that are important to you will be hard to find, because every comparison has a focus and is created from a certain point of view. Some overviews are missing (consciously?) certain but essential messengers, are partly incomplete or contain errors. Therefore, it is best to always look at several overviews and critically question the content. The messenger comparisons included here are at least in the upper range in terms of content quality.
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cross reference: System comparison
cross reference: Other external references and links
German Comparisons
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Security and sustainability of messengers, e-mail, SMS & Co. Even with classic communication channels (letter, telephone, fax, SMS) in comparison! BUT: As of November 2016, which is why the current encryption protocol OMEMO is missing from Jabber(XMPP) and Matrix is also not listed. To the source: Digitale Gesellschaft; Schweiz (external) |
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Overview, where the different criteria can be individually evaluated with points , so that one receives a ranking “suitable for itself”. But: the criterion ‘Self-destructing messages’ is unfortunately not also seen as a security risk (-> pseudo security ) but positive - and the lack of the function is rated as negative. Better would be no evaluation of this criterion or a setting whether being in front should be evaluated positively or negatively. To the source: orcas.de (external) |
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Messenger-Matrix (german and english) Overview, about the different technical features of various messengers. BUT: 1. the criterion ‘self-destructive messages’ is unfortunately not also seen as a security risk (-> pseudo security ) but positive - and the lack of the function is evaluated as negative. It would be better to have no evaluation of this criterion. 2. Not only the presence of a security audit is evaluated, but apparently also the date (without supplementary notes or without reference to the program version). 3. As of 10/06/2022, element(matrix) lists ‘2022’ as the last safety audit. -> where can this be viewed / does anyone know a reference to it? (please like to >>communicate<<!) To the source: Kuketz (external) Sehr empfehlenswert auch die Artikelserie „Die verrückte Welt der Messenger“ (external) |
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Messenger matrix with focus on security BUT: Not only the existence of a security audit is evaluated, but apparently also the date (without supplementary notes or without reference to the program version). To the source: Piratenpartei (external) |
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Comparison of the big 7 (open source) messenger systems (german and english) BUT: At least regarding OMEMO(XMPP) and Matrix no longer up to date, as of 2016. PDF (ca. 11 MB!) to download: >> herer << To the original source: https://sf.net/projects/goldbug (external) Extract: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Big_Seven_Crypto_Study#PUBLIC_SUMMARY (external) |
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Alternatives to WhatsApp and Threema To the source: digitalcourage.de (external) |
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Open source messengers (GitHub) To the source: GitHub (external) |
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To the source: Wikipedia (external) |
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To the source: hashbang.dot (external - but Google-Docs!) |
English Comparisons
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Comparison of the big 7 (open source) messenger systems (german and english) BUT: At least regarding OMEMO(XMPP) and Matrix no longer up to date, as of 2016. PDF (ca. 11 MB!) to download: >> herer << To the original source: https://sf.net/projects/goldbug (external) Extract: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Big_Seven_Crypto_Study#PUBLIC_SUMMARY (external) |
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Comparison of Instant Messengers Very good and up-to-date overview. Grouping in … -> open & decentralized, -> open & centralized and -> closed systems. To the source: eylenburg.github.io (external) |
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Score Card for Mobile Crypto Chat Applications Comparison of Goldbug/Smoke with other systems To the source: Goldbug/Smoke (external) |
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Secure messaging apps comparison Seems to be not quite up to date (at Matrix Riot is still listed instead of Element; the chat standard (XMPP) is completely missing) When “secure” messengers are mentioned, it should always be questioned what is actually meant by “security“. To the source: securemessagingapps.com (external) |
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Information on secure messaging apps When “secure” messengers are mentioned, it should always be questioned what is actually meant by “security“. To the source: securechatguide.org (external) |
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To the source: divestos.org (external) |
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Various messengers with advantages and disadvantages To the source: fairphone.com (external) |
Other
Further discussions/comparisons:
- … at stackshare.io on Mattermost-Rocket.Chat-Slack (external)
- … at slant.co on Slack and Rocket.Chat (external)
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