I’m hearing either SimpleX, Briar or Cwtch. Which of the three is the best for anonymity or are there other apps i’m missing which do a better job?

Briar sends your Bluetooth address to all of your contacts, it’s a decentralized messenger but not an anonymous messenger. If you use SimpleX as a standalone app without taking additional measures to protect your anonymity, Cwtch is better . But if you can consistently use Tor with SimpleX, I’d bet S…

It might be better to build a small rubric so you can estimate whether the project finds anonymity important now and in future. Something like: Is the distribution and sourcing of the app anonymous? Are there persistent identifiers and/or are identifiers unlinkable with your real persona? Is your …

For assured anonymity I recommend using a Whonix workstation so you don’t have to trust the program to be leak proof

I have been using SimpleX SOCKS proxy configured with Orbot, is that good?

SOCKS proxy with Orbot do the job?

I have been using TailsOS for a while, haven’t tried Whonix yet, which messaging apps work best with Whonix?

I have watched some Youtubers such as the hated one cover those avenues and he came to the conclusion that Briar and Cwtch were the best

Would love to use Cwtch but convincing friends to join me would be near impossible as it does not send backround notifications like a Briar or SimpleX does

[image] anon18590990: I’m hearing either SimpleX, Briar or Cwtch. Session is also a good option. Its also is on of the few messengers that has a properly sandboxed and good looking Linux client

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