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|+ Comparison of Messaging services | |+ Comparison of Messaging services | ||
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! Bitmessage | ! Bitmessage | ||
! Standard Email | ! Standard Email | ||
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! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging OTR] | ! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging OTR] | ||
! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TorChat TorChat] | ! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TorChat TorChat] | ||
− | ! [http:// | + | ! [http://www.skype.com/en/ Skype] |
! [http://www.scayl.com/ Scayl] | ! [http://www.scayl.com/ Scayl] | ||
! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P#E-mail I2P Bote] | ! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P#E-mail I2P Bote] | ||
! [https://crypto.cat/ CryptoCat] | ! [https://crypto.cat/ CryptoCat] | ||
! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] | ! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] | ||
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Revision as of 20:28, 24 March 2013
Please feel free to re-organize and add to the table below.
Bitmessage | Standard Email | Email + GPG | OTR | TorChat | Skype | Scayl | I2P Bote | CryptoCat | IRC | SMS | |
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Trustless | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 7 | 8 | No | |||
P2P | Yes | No | No | 4 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Open Source | Yes | Depends | Depends | GPL V2.1 | GPL | No | 7 | GPL V3 | GPL | Yes | No |
Requires Proof of Work | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | 7 | 8 | No | No | No |
Hide Sender? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 6 | 7 | 8 | No | No | No |
Hide Receiver? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | 7 | 8 | No | No | No |
Mobile Version | No | Yes | Yes | 4 | No | Yes | 7 | 8 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Application or Web Based | Application | Both | Application | Application | Application | Application | 7 | 8 | Both | Both | Application |
Text Only Messages | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 7 | 8 | Yes | Yes | No | |
Attachments | Small only | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 7 | 8 | No | No | Yes |