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Wire (https://wire.com/ https://wire.com/) is end-to-end encrypted, based on Signal protocol. It's open-source and cross-platform with mobile apps. I've been us
by marksamman 9y ago
Wire (https://wire.com/ https://wire.com/) is end-to-end encrypted, based on Signal protocol. It's open-source and cross-platform with mobile apps. I've been using it instead of Skype for two years and I don't regret that decision.
- liotier 9y agoLooks interesting... But it is not federated, so one will not use it beyond team communications (which is a good start though)
- hiq 9y agoWhat do you mean by "beyond team communications"?
- liotier 9y agoYou meet a random person and wish to connect on a chat/presence system - that is what I mean by "beyond team communications". Acceptability of such a system for that purpose either requires overwhelming adoption of a single provider (Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger) or federation (SMS, SMTP, XMPP back when Google had not yet killed it). Team communications does not suffer that acceptability requirement because tooling is hierarchically mandated.
- etiam 9y agoI've been eying Wire for the interface and ease of installation. In terms of looks and handling it seems like one of the best options to hand to people with little technical interest/aptitude/patience. Moxie Marlinspike has commented that Wire does not use the Signal Protocol but only took some components from it and created their own protocol, which he did "not recommend" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12690148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12690148 Has there been any changes to that situation?