Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Tinfoil Chat is described as '(TFC) is a FOSS+FHD peer-to-peer messaging system that relies on high assurance hardware architecture to protect users from passive collection, MITM attacks and most importantly, remote key exfiltration' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Tinfoil Chat for a variety of platforms, including Android, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Mac apps. The best Tinfoil Chat alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tinfoil Chat are Telegram, bitchat, Wire and Briar.
This project won the first prize 🥇 at Telegram Lightweight Client Contest and now is an official Telegram client available to anyone at web.telegram.org/a.

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