# Wire (Instant Messenger)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/wire-instant-messenger/14624
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Tags:** rejected
**Created:** 2023-10-24T04:14:00Z
**Posts:** 11
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## Post 2 by @jonah — 2023-10-24T04:14:29Z

> **[Delisting Wire From Privacy Guides](https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2019/11/19/delisting-wire/)**
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> Wire has been removed from Privacy Guides' recommendations following their acquisition by a US holding company and VC investments.

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(Replies from previous post)

> [@Threema (Instant Messenger)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/threema-instant-messenger/1679/2):
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> As far as Wire, there are a number of reasons for this which you can read here: [Delisting Wire from PrivacyTools.io](https://web.archive.org/web/20201128215737/https://blog.privacytools.io/delisting-wire/)

> [@Threema (Instant Messenger)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/threema-instant-messenger/1679/4):
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> @jonah  
> I can understand Wire’s case, although with respect to their legislation, it is better than the alternatives you recommend (Server location: Signal=USA. Applicable legislation in decentralised cases: Session=Australia, Element=UK… while the legislation applicable to Wire is that of the European Union (better than that of the other services)), but well, I can understand it.

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