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Wouldn't secure Wire[1] be a better replacement? It's crypto-audited[2], open-sourced[3], has native mobile clients[4], Swiss based[5], and pretty well known[6

by nirv 9y ago

Wouldn't secure Wire[1] be a better replacement? It's crypto-audited[2], open-sourced[3], has native mobile clients[4], Swiss based[5], and pretty well known[6]. [1] https://wire.com https://wire.com [2] https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/messaging-app-wire-now-has-an-external-audit-of-its-e2e-crypto/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/messaging-app-wire-now-has... [3] https://medium.com/@wireapp/wire-server-code-now-100-open-source-the-journey-continues-88e24164309c https://medium.com/@wireapp/wire-server-code-now-100-open-so... [4] https://github.com/wireapp https://github.com/wireapp [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_Swiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_Swiss [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12148596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12148596

DyslexicAtheist 9y ago
been banning mobile for most of my private life, and been using Wire for a couple of weeks now. It's much superior for audio/video quality than Skype. Also lean enough to run on a 5 year old phone. Compared to Signal / WhatsApp gives me e2e encryption and I can run it also as a Desktop app on Linux (so I can still message my family/kids without having a phone switched on)
- Markoff 9y ago
  Signal doesn't give you e2e encryption?
keithnz 9y ago
it's not free?
- nirv 9y ago
  Wire is free for personal use and paid for businesses[1]. [1] https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/202856854-What-is-Wire-Is-it-free- https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/202856854-What-is...
tdb7893 9y ago
I saw "request a demo" so presumably it's not free and that's a problem. Also Discord works in most browsers so the person they are interviewing doesn't need to download anything
- nirv 9y ago
  It's free for personal use, I responded to a nearby comment. In-browser is a good feature, I guess Wire can also get there in future, since both, Discord and Wire, are electron-based apps. But I believe call quality is not quite enough to replace Skype, I demand e2e privacy as well.
- Siimteller 9y ago
  wire.com/download for the free/personal use downloadables

by nirv 9y ago

DyslexicAtheist 9y ago

been banning mobile for most of my private life, and been using Wire for a couple of weeks now. It's much superior for audio/video quality than Skype. Also lean enough to run on a 5 year old phone. Compared to Signal / WhatsApp gives me e2e encryption and I can run it also as a Desktop app on Linux (so I can still message my family/kids without having a phone switched on)

Markoff 9y ago
Signal doesn't give you e2e encryption?

keithnz 9y ago

it's not free?

nirv 9y ago
Wire is free for personal use and paid for businesses[1]. [1] https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/202856854-What-is-Wire-Is-it-free- https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/202856854-What-is...

tdb7893 9y ago

I saw "request a demo" so presumably it's not free and that's a problem. Also Discord works in most browsers so the person they are interviewing doesn't need to download anything

nirv 9y ago
It's free for personal use, I responded to a nearby comment. In-browser is a good feature, I guess Wire can also get there in future, since both, Discord and Wire, are electron-based apps. But I believe call quality is not quite enough to replace Skype, I demand e2e privacy as well.
Siimteller 9y ago
wire.com/download for the free/personal use downloadables