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Developed and operated by not-for-profit [[w:Signal Foundation|Signal Foundation]], this app meets all three of the above outlined criteria. It is based on the well-regarded E2EE [[w:Signal Protocol]], developed by the Signal Foundation's co-founder [[w:Moxie Marlinspike|Moxie Marlinspike]] and it has also received an independent audit<ref>https://ia.cr/2016/1013</ref> which did not find any notable flaws or omissions which could result in a breach of privacy.
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.
=====Don't use Telegram=====
One piece of bad advice that is often given out by people who should know better is to use [[Telegram]].<br />
Telegram is not end-to-end encrypted, its server software is closed source, and the service provider can read all your messages.
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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
=== Video calls and conference ===
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