3 ms·

Wickr didn't require a phone number for account registration or identification so it attracted a higher proportion.

• croes 4y ago
  So E2E chats in Telegram have the same problem. Every good thing can be used by bad people.
  • easrng 4y ago
    Telegram needs a phone number to sign up.
  • egberts1 4y ago
    Telegram needs to store your messages in an unencrypted manner on their own servers but hey, at least no one "else" can see any of your message over the network due to their awesome E2E support.
• waynesonfire 4y ago
  Oh wow, looks like Signal requiring a phone number strikes a good balance.
  • prvit 4y ago
    No it doesn’t.
    • egberts1 4y ago
      Yea, it is. As you can only pick two of three choices to protect: - identity - its message content - resistance to forgery
• feanaro 4y ago
  Wickr is hardly the only platform with end-to-end encryption not requiring phone numbers. The same applies to Matrix, for example. That's not a valid rationale or explanation for shutting down a platform.
• Markoff 4y ago
  So just move to Matrix clients (Element, Fluffychat) or Wire, Session, Tox, etc.
  • silisili 4y ago
    I think Wire also moved to enterprise only, sadly. At least it appeared that way last time I visited.
    • Markoff 4y ago
      TIL so replace in my list Wire with Briar