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Whatsapp
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Telegram
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Signal
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none
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various
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library
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Encription protocol
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<h1 class="p-name post-title" itemprop="headline name">Phone messaging apps comparison</h1>
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</header><p class="dateline post-date">06 July 2016</p>
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<p>I made this chart for a presentation at the <a href="https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/">Berkman Klein Center</a></p>
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<th align="center">Whatsapp</th>
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<th align="center">Telegram</th>
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<th align="right">Signal</th>
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<td>Source code</td>
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<td align="center">closed source</td>
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<td align="center">open source</td>
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<td align="right">open source</td>
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<td>Api</td>
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<td align="center">none</td>
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<td align="center">various</td>
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<td align="right">library</td>
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<td>Encription protocol</td>
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<td align="center">state of the art</td>
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<td align="center">self made</td>
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<td align="right">state of the art</td>
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<td>Contact list location</td>
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<td align="center">cloud</td>
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<td align="center">cloud</td>
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<td align="right">cloud, encrypted</td>
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<td>Forward Secrecy</td>
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<td align="center">yes</td>
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<td align="center">yes</td>
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<td align="right">yes</td>
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<td>Database</td>
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<td align="center">phone storage</td>
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<td align="center">cloud</td>
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<td align="right">phone storage</td>
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<td>Backup capability</td>
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<td align="center">Icloud or Gcloud</td>
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<td align="center">builtin</td>
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<td align="right">none</td>
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<td>Revenue</td>
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<td align="center">ads (Facebook)</td>
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<td align="center">donation based</td>
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<td align="right">donation based</td>
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<td>Federation</td>
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<td align="center">no</td>
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<td align="center">no</td>
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<td align="right">no</td>
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<td>Alternative download location</td>
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<td align="center">website</td>
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<td align="center">F-Droid</td>
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<td align="right">none</td>
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<td>Uses third party services</td>
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<td align="center">no</td>
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<td align="center">no</td>
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<td align="right">Google Cloud Messaging</td>
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<td>Servers location</td>
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<td align="center">US</td>
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<td align="center">Russia</td>
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<td align="right">US</td>
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<td>Tied to mobile number</td>
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<td align="center">yes</td>
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<td align="center">yes, but nickname available</td>
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<td align="right">yes</td>
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<td>Desktop client</td>
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<td align="center">no</td>
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<td align="center">yes</td>
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<td align="right">no</td>
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<li><a class="tag p-category" href="../../../../../categories/telegram/" rel="tag">telegram</a></li>
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