Session
Decentralized
No PII Required
Session keeps your communication private, secure, and anonymous. When using Session, your messages are sent to their destinations through a decentralized "onion routing" network similar to Tor, using a system called onion requests.
Notes:
Session now supports full voice and video calling, enabling you to securely voice and video call your friends and family.
Element
Decentralized
No PII Required
Today, Element is a modern secure alternative to Discord, IRC, and Microsoft Teams. Like Session, Element utilizes end-to-end encryption by default, and is very secure, but Session is a more private and secure alternative.
Notes:
Element is decentralized, open source, and is powered by the Matrix Protocol.
Status
Decentralized
No PII Required
No phone number or email address is required to sign up for Status. It uses the peer-to-peer (p2p) messaging protocol called Waku that removes centralized third parties from any messages.
Notes:
Session is a good option to improve your digital security if you're using something unsecure, but, there are better options, such as the ones recommended above, for anonymity and digital security.
Status offers an integrated cryptocurrency wallet, and allows you to send/request cryptocurrency (e.g. Ethereum) in a chat.
