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Wickr is owned by AWS, and only has a government/enterprise product now. The personal version has been discontinued.

• andrewinardeer 1y ago
  Pardon my ignorance here, does this mean that governments approach Wickr and buy licences to use their encrypted messenger? If so, what does Wickr do better than other encrypted messenger apps?
  • bigfatkitten 1y ago
    In short, paperwork. Government has a ton of policy requirements around data retention, audit logging, where their data is stored, who can access it etc, as well as technical requirements for things like encryption algorithms. They also have a requirement to operate on isolated networks. It is difficult for an ordinary consumer messaging app to meet these requirements. Matrix is really the only competitor.
    • SurfShoulders 1y ago
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