The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.
Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
Wave - Secure Messaging App
Privacy-first messaging with quantum-level encryption. No signup, fully decentralized, zero tracking.
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Encrypted messaging, like @signalapp, is critical for preserving our digital privacy. Two important next steps for the space are (i) permissionless account creation and (ii) metadata privacy.@session_app and @SimpleXChat are two messaging apps pushing these directions forward.…— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 26, 2025
Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill
Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government
Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal’s mission and sole focus is private communication. For years, Signal has kept your messages private, your profile information (like your name and profile photo) private, your contacts private, and your groups private – among much else. Now we’re taking that one step further, by making your...
Signal Developer Explains Why Early Encrypted Messaging Tools Flopped
'The intuition was to take the complexity and push it onto the user,' Moxie Marlinspike says at Black Hat. 'We were just wrong.'
4 Easy Ways to Make Sure No One Can Read Your Text Messages
To keep your texts safe from prying eyes, make sure they’re encrypted with these 4 tips.
Beeper — All your chats in one app
Get the most popular messaging services, all in a single app. WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Telegram, and more.
Introducing AT-SMS - blog.boscolo.co
Open End-to-End Encrypted Messaging on AT Protocol
Introducing AT-SMS - blog.boscolo.co
Open End-to-End Encrypted Messaging on AT Protocol
Dash Chat
Secure messaging that keeps working when the internet doesn't. Dash Chat is an offline-first, end-to-end encrypted messenger for communities that need to stay connected.
Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
Quiet is available for all major platforms. (And eventually the web, too!)
Investigation into Message Layer Security (MLS)
This article investigates Message Layer Security (MLS), the IETF standard protocol (RFC 9420) for Signal-style end-to-end encryption. Through a practical analysis of OpenMLS (the Rust reference implementation) and a demonstration CLI chat application (mls-chat), the post reveals the substantial gap between protocol specification and production deployment. Introduction MLS (Message Layer …
