I’ve been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.

I plan to turn PrivacySpreadsheet.com into a place for privacy data on everything from cars to video games. It’s all open source too on GitHub.

Not trying to advertise, I just put a lot of time into researching all this, and I want to share it since I think others could benefit.

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    I just saw Session - thanks!

    But now I’m confused. Maybe you could add notes about what some of the rows mean. For example:

    • Upon what is based the “recommended for private comnunication?” Recommended by whom? Under what criteria?
    • Why is Session’s voice/video “n/a” when it supports encrypted voice and video calls?
    • Why is running a private server, rated as higher security than distributed, tor-like onion networks? (can self host), and why is Session listed as “no” when anyone can self host routing nodes in the network? This preference for centralized servers over distributed onion networks is particularly baffling for a privacy-focused table.

    This is a huge labor. Thanks again for attempting it.