Hacker News Reader

Other than Signal, I also recommend Threema. It doesn't rely on mobile numbers, possible to configure to run on your private server, etc. It's just not free (as in beer). Also, it's from Switzerland, a country respects your privacy more than the USA[0].

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/gukg5z/threema_win...

View on HN

> Also, it's from Switzerland, a country respects your privacy more than the USA

Well gouv.ch might, but Crypto AG was an NSA front for decades so I wouldn't be so certain about the companies.

If I wanted to lure people in on the pretence of security and privacy, Being Swiss would be good bait.

CIA front, I believe.

It doesn't look like they are open source, does it? https://threema.ch/en/faq/source_code

Reply on news.ycombinator.com