Wire
Secure communication platform featuring encrypted chats and calls, file and media sharing, self-deleting messages, device verification, group collaboration, and customizable settings. Supports use across multiple devices with no phone number required for access.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Features
Properties
- Security-focused
- Privacy focused
Features
- End-to-End Encryption
- Video Calling
- Encrypted Chat
- VoiP Calls
- Encrypted calls
- Screen Sharing
- Secure File Sharing
- Ad-free
- Integrated File Sharing
- File Sending
- Multiple Account support
- WebRTC
- Private Chat
- Secure Chat
- Voice Chat
- Voice messages
Wire News & Activities
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What is Wire?
Wire is a user-friendly communication platform that provides end-to-end encryption for data security. It offers various communication options like calls, chats, and sharing pictures, files, audio, and video messages. Additional privacy features include self-deleting messages, device fingerprints, and password-protected guest links. Wire also supports efficient collaboration, allowing private or group conversations, file sharing, and high-quality calls and video conferences. It supports up to 100 participants in a video call for paid plans and 10 participants for the free plan. Users can customize their experience, choosing their color, theme, and text size, and use features like sketches, audio messages, GIFs, and emojis. Wire can be used on up to 8 devices, each with separate encryption, and users can operate up to 3 Wire accounts on a single device without logging in and out.
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Wire Swiss GmbH Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free Personal product.Pricing
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Comments and Reviews
Wire released its server code!
Many employees working on Wire have previously worked on Skype, and Skype's co-founder Janus Friis is backing the project. Wire appears to be trying to restore the privacy features that were removed from Skype when Microsoft acquired the company. Wire's instant messages are encrypted with Proteus (which is based on the Signal protocol.)
Key issues:
The developer has addressed many complaints in a constructive manner, but various problems remain — for example WIRE SERVERS PERMANENTLY RETAIN A LIST OF ALL CONTACTS EVER MADE (which could be abused or stolen by hackers.) Wire has the potential to be a good product, but Signal is currently regarded as superior by security experts, and decentralized systems like Tox or Ricochet with forward security might be preferred.
Another similar product in development: Matrix (protocol)
No link to audit because?
Lightweight, platform is user-friendly.
I want to know if you can free international calls?
Multi platform, easy to use, most secure. I love this app.
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Software as a service is a mark of lazy engineers. This is evidenced by the labyrinthine and messily-documented installation procedure.
2 stars for appalling value and no value security.
[Edited by DL300, May 23]
Wire was sold to a US holding and updated their privacy policy without informing their users.
https://blog.privacytools.io/delisting-wire/