# ChatSecure - OTR and OMEMO encryption over XMPP on iOS

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/chatsecure-otr-and-omemo-encryption-over-xmpp-on-ios/19723
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Created:** 2024-07-28T19:41:27Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @gone.viral — 2024-07-28T19:41:27Z

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### Website

> **[chatsecure.github.io](https://chatsecure.org/)**
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> Free and open source encrypted chat for iOS.

### Short description

ChatSecure is a free and open source encrypted chat client that supports OTR and OMEMO encryption over XMPP.

### Why I think this tool should be added

open source and free

OTR and OMEMO encryption over XMPP

iOS support (available on AppStore)

I have found no search results for “chatsecure” on [privacyguides.org](http://privacyguides.org)

### Section on Privacy Guides

XMPP clients

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## Post 2 by @fria — 2024-07-28T19:59:38Z

![image](//forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/2X/e/e511b85b99045854a3aea8619365c47c38cf915a.png)  
Is this still being developed? Looks abandoned.

> **[GitHub - ChatSecure/ChatSecure-iOS: ChatSecure is a free and open source encrypted...](https://github.com/ChatSecure/ChatSecure-iOS)**
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> ChatSecure is a free and open source encrypted chat client for iOS that supports OTR and OMEMO encryption over XMPP.

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## Post 3 by @camp — 2024-07-30T17:30:29Z

I think I voted incorrectly. Meant to vote no.

XMPP is worse than current solutions like Signal or SimpleX.

> [@Why not XMPP?](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-not-xmpp/13792/2):
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> The main reason is there is a massive differing in quality of clients, and what XEPs they support. Many actions are not E2EE, and it really depends on what client you’d be using. The protocol itself was never really designed for privacy, and a lot of those features have been shoehorned in afterwards, [https://web.archive.org/web/20211215132539/https://infosec-handbook.eu/articles/xmpp-aitm/](https://web.archive.org/web/20211215132539/https://infosec-handbook.eu/articles/xmpp-aitm/) This was our previous reasoning: [https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/pull/1500#discussion\_r…](https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/pull/1500#discussion_r350414878)