Privacy passport
- No tracking
- Yes
- Open source
- Yes
- Only you can read it
- Encrypted
- No account
- Needed
- Free
- Yes
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Private alternatives to Telegram
Regular chats and groups are stored on Telegram's servers unencrypted; end-to-end encryption is only in one-to-one secret chats.
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SimpleX ChatAudited
App
Messenger with no user IDs at all: contacts connect through one-time links, so there is no number or username to leak.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- No account
- Free
- Android
- iPhone
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
ElementAudited
App
Chat app for the open Matrix network: encrypted private chats and rooms, and you can pick or run your own server.
- Minimal tracking
- Open source
- Partly encrypted
- Account needed
- Free plan
- Android
- iPhone
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Web
Messaging
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Messenger