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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 style="text-align: center;">Whatsapp</th>
<th style="text-align: center;">Telegram</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Signal</th>
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<td>Source code</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">closed source</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">open source</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">open source</td>
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<td>Api</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">none</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">various</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">library</td>
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<td>Encription protocol</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">state of the art</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">self made</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">state of the art</td>
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<td>Contact list location</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">cloud</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">cloud</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">cloud, encrypted</td>
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<td>Forward Secrecy</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">yes</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">yes</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">yes</td>
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<td>Database</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">phone storage</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">cloud</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">phone storage</td>
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<td>Backup capability</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Icloud or Gcloud</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">builtin</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">none</td>
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<td>Revenue</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">ads (Facebook)</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">donation based</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">donation based</td>
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<td>Federation</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">no</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">no</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">no</td>
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<td>Alternative download location</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">website</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">F-Droid</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">none</td>
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<td>Uses third party services</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">no</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">no</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Google Cloud Messaging</td>
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<td>Servers location</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">US</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Russia</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">US</td>
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<td>Tied to mobile number</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">yes</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">yes, but nickname available</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">yes</td>
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<td>Desktop client</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">no</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">yes</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">no</td>
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