Anonymous Messenger vs getgovroam
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Anonymous Messenger
As of December 2020 It's a still an ongoing effort and although fully functional it's only available for Android so far. This project was started in July 2020, by Sofian Mahmoud Benissa after a series of meetings with Alton James Steele (project funder) where the idea of the project was presented. Features * Double triple Diffie-Hellman end to end encryption * Completely peer to peer using hidden services * Cryptographic Identity Verification * Excellent Network Security * Voice Messages * Live Voice Calls over tor (alpha feature) * Text Messages * Metadata stripped media messages * Raw file sending of any size (100 GB+) * Both peers have to add each others onion addresses to be able to communicate * Disappearing messages by default * Encrypted file storage on Android * Screen security
getgovroam
After selecting the right govroam enabled organization and providing the user-credentials the govroam Wi-Fi network should be configured and ready to use.
| Feature | Anonymous Messenger | getgovroam |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | BSD-3-Clause |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | MessagingBrowser | MessagingBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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