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Wire

Private & Secure Messenger Created by Wire Swiss GmbH

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Wire is a secure and private messenger for phones, tablets and desktop. Crystal clear voice and video calls, private group chats, file sharing, audio and video messages - everything is end-to-end encrypted. Wire works on Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, Linux and any modern web browser.

Why Wire?

- Everything on Wire is private and always end-to-end encrypted.
- Voice and video calls offer best-in-class quality.
- Fast and secure messenger with pics, sketches and GIFs.
- Audio and video messages with just a tap.
- File sharing of any file format from mobile to tablet to desktop.
- Youtube, Vimeo video clips and Spotify, SoundCloud tracks embedded in chats.
- Wire offers group chat with up to 128 people.
- Protected by EU privacy laws.
- Wire is open source.
- Synced across our phone, tablet and desktop.
- You can build your own Wire client.... More Info »

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Links to official Wire sites

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Pricing Information

Subscription that costs between $5 and $7. Price may vary depending on commitment and so on.

Features

Encrypted calls Encrypted chat End-to-end encryption Group chat Integrated File Sharing Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Share your screen Security focused Video calling Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature

Categories

Photos & Graphics Security & Privacy Social & Communications

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Wire was added by Danilo_Venom in Dec 2014 and the latest update was made in Apr 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Apr 2018 There is a history of all activites on Wire in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Wire or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Wire Comments

Comment by JohnFastman

about Wire · Mar 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

Open source, end-to-end encrypted app for communicating. Much better than Skype or Google for people's privacy. And therefore for democracy and equality.

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Sharing contacts, to notify those using WIRE seems an option

Comment by Pascal_KOTTE

about Wire · Sep 2016 · Helpful Not helpful 2 Helpful Report as spam

That is nice the option to "share" my contacts with Wire to allow them to notify others Wire users my contacts from, but, why "on" by default and not asking before?

[Edited by Pascal_KOTTE, November 16]

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jasonbrown1965 · Sep 2017

20170910 update : I just signed in after a long absence from Wire.

Was given an option for adding gmail contacts.

Means no longer on by default?

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Comment by UncleDavy

about Wire · Dec 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

As far I know, its not fully 100% open source. I have not read the latest. I believe the front end is open source. User accounts creation and most of the backend is still proprietary.

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Wire liberara el codigo del servidor

Comment by desmont

about Wire · Mar 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

http://www.hacking.land/2017/03/el-cliente-de-mensajer-wire-liberar-el.html

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