I wonder why the Ricochet developer has chosen to use tor again, i have strong doubts about its security, add to that it doesn't seem to do anything different than the already existing torchat.
The I2P protocol would have been a much more interesting and secure choice imho.
I'm impressed by the Tox effort, going to keep a close eye on that one, open source, multi-platform, very good initiative!
Bitmessage is great, but slow as #@$! and not available for mobile devices.
Bleep is out of the question, closed source proprietary spy junk.
If you want to use I2P-Messenger, you need to have I2P installed (and last time I checked, that required a JRE too). Tor appears to be easier to implement. As far as I understand, I2P connects users directly through the network, while for a Ricochet chat, both sides work out a random rendevous point in the Tor network. That means there are 6 hops between both users.The I2P protocol would have been a much more interesting and secure choice imho.
I'm impressed by the Tox effort, going to keep a close eye on that one, open source, multi-platform, very good initiative!
Bitmessage is great, but slow as #@$! and not available for mobile devices.
Bleep is out of the question, closed source proprietary spy junk.
Tox looks good indeed. You can add another layer by tunneling it through Tor too and maybe a future release implements it directly.
Secure messaging has to be as simple as possible because your everyday WhatsApp/Snapchat user does not want to invest time into security.
