Retroshare is an old decentralized messenger that seems to continue receiving support from the developers, and it recently got support for Tor, too.įinally, there’s Signal although it doesn’t support Tor, we know that the the developers reduce the metadata collection and logs to the absolute minimum, and it uses a well-reviewed encryption protocol.

Other recommendations that you may want to consider include Riot, which uses Signal-like end-to-end encryption (not by default, though) over the Matrix federated network, which is a more modern alternative to Jabber/XMPP. Alternatively, for those who want to continue using the Jabber network, the team recommended CoyIM. The Tor Project recommended users to check out EFF’s new blog post series on secure messengers, so you can decide for yourself which is the most secure messenger for you.

We need your help fundraising New Release: Tor Browser 11.5.1 (Windows, macOS, Linux) by pierov JTor Browser 11.5.1 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. The team couldn’t even respond to bug reports, let alone requests for more features, which is why it stopped developing it altogether. This year, the Tor Project must raise 75,000 to ensure we can smash Tor bugs and conduct needed maintenance. The Tor Project has limited resources as it is, and the Tor Messenger had the same problem.

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