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Signal is great for direct one-on-one messaging, small group messaging, voice calls as well as video calls <ref>they're working on group video calls, although they're not currently available</ref>. It also can send and receive SMS, though SMS is not protected by the encryption. Aside from SMS, every other form of communication through the app is end-to-end encrypted.
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===== Peer to peer options =====
When it comes to peer to peer, there are also couple options, although none are as polished as Signal.
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[https://briarproject.org/| Briar] solves those issues, but the problem here is that the service is only available on Android. No desktop or iOS options.
======Session Messenger======
[https://getsession.org/| Session Messenger] is a fork of Signal which removes the central server, replacing them with decentralised service nodes, provides a type of Onion routing through the LokiNet thus obfuscating participant's IP addresses and eschews the need for a phone number. However, this is a very new service, and has not been audited and embraced by the privacy community yet, so cation is very much advisable.-->
=== Video calls and conference ===
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