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It's based on Signal protocol and it's also open source. However, unlike Signal it doesn't harvest phone numbers.

https://github.com/wireapp

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I find this site useful to compare messengers. I would trust Wire a tad more because it's hosted in a country with stronger GDPR regulation, vs Signal being hosted in the US.

For my needs, XMPP with Omemo has been unbeatable for a long time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

wire is US-based these days AFAIK - they accepted a bunch from VC money from a firm that does things like data mining and moved to the US

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

yeah that's a good overview of different protocols/messengers