open whisper system

Open Whisper Systems

https://whispersystems.org/

 

Signal

Encrypted instant messaging and voice calling application for Android and iOS

Based on Open Whisper System

end-to-end encryption

Client:   open source

Server:  Partially published under the AGPLv3 license and partially proprietary.

 

Signal protocol provides confidentiality, integrity, authentication, participant consistency, destination validation, forward secrecy, backward secrecy (aka future secrecy), causality preservation, message unlinkability, message repudiation, participation repudiation, and asynchronicity.

 

Telegram:

Cloud based instant messaging service

Also provides optional end-to-end-encrypted messaging

 

   Open source client,

   Closed source server

 

Telegram clients :

Mobile (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Ubuntu Touch)

Desktop systems (Windows, OS X, Linux)

 

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