Ricochet sits over Tor and doesn't require much or any in the way of education. The implementation details and use of Tor is virtually invisible to the end-user

Ricochet sits over Tor and doesn't require much or any in the way of education. The implementation details and use of Tor is virtually invisible to the end-user. It's nothing like using public key encryption to send an email for instance, and more akin to AOL Instant Messenger from a user perspective.