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Messaging

Chat and messaging apps that carry your private conversations, contacts, and media. See how each one handles encryption, metadata, data sharing, and what really happens to your messages.

MessagingCTOS Grade
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Google Messages
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Google Messages supports end-to-end encrypted RCS chats, but message metadata and device data feed into your wider Google profile. Non-RCS SMS/MMS are not encrypted and carrier data handling applies.

9 tricky terms found
Moderate risk
MessagingDTOS Grade
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Rakuten Viber
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Viber offers end-to-end encryption for one-to-one chats but collects significant metadata and usage data for its parent company Rakuten. Ads and business messaging are tied into the platform and terms allow broad data use.

30 tricky terms found
Caution risk
Messaging?TOS Grade
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Meta Messenger
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Messenger ties into Meta's wider data machine, sharing information across Facebook and Instagram for ads and profiling. End-to-end encryption is now default but metadata is still collected, and Meta takes a broad license to your content.

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Unknown risk
MessagingBTOS Grade
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Signal
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Signal is run by a nonprofit and collects almost no metadata beyond your phone number and last connection date. Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted by default and the code is open source.

7 tricky terms found
Moderate risk
MessagingDTOS Grade
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WeChat
wechat

WeChat is not end-to-end encrypted and messages can be monitored, moderated, and shared with Chinese authorities. It collects extensive data across chat, payments, and mini-programs and takes broad rights over user content.

27 tricky terms found
Caution risk
MessagingDTOS Grade
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WhatsApp
whatsapp

WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, but extensive metadata like contacts, device info, and usage patterns is shared with Meta. Terms have changed to expand data sharing and disputes are pushed to arbitration in many regions.

15 tricky terms found
Caution risk
MessagingCTOS Grade
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Telegram
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Telegram's default chats are not end-to-end encrypted and are stored on its servers, only Secret Chats are. It has begun sharing user data with authorities under legal requests and its terms allow broad moderation.

12 tricky terms found
Moderate risk
MessagingDTOS Grade
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Discord
discord

Discord messages are not end-to-end encrypted and are stored on its servers, accessible for moderation and legal requests. It takes a broad license to your content and can suspend accounts, wiping Nitro purchases with limited refunds.

19 tricky terms found
Caution risk
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