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SMS (normal “texting”) is very officially unsafe for all communications that we would hope/expect not to be snooped upon. Therefore, E2EE (end-to-end encryption) is a must-have for how we communicate. There are a few ways we normally communicate: 1-on-1 (in other words, the same as texting), many to many (this would be group texting), and threaded discussions (the ability to manage your own level of commitment/interest/notification levels for multiple topic-based discussion threads as opposed to every message goes to every person every time). This E2EE communications section will primarily address software used for 1-to-1 communication, and threaded communication

• Positives
  • Crystal clear voice and video communication
  • Easily sendable voice recordings, like Signal
  • Does not require a phone number to use
  • Can be run independently
• Negatives
  • Notifications can occasionally be broken by Android updates, but there is an easy fix

• Positives
  • Just works
  • Great for very quickly establishing secure encrypted communication with people while in-person
  • Can work over bluetooth
    • Use with sufficient proximity for bluetooth is also possible if cell network is unavailable/has an outage
  • Exclusively uses Tor for communication over the internet
• Negatives
  • Client app only available for Android (no iOS, but a desktop app is in beta)

• Positives
• Negatives
  • Can not be hosted independently

• Positives
  • Can be hosted independently
• Negatives
  • Notifications can occasionally be broken by Android updates, but there is an easy fix

• Positives
  • Can be hosted independently
• Negatives
  • “Freemium” model - extra features are only available in subscription