This Swiss-made, privacy-focused text and video call app is open-sourced, based on privacy by design principles and saw it’s downloads take off earlier in 2021 when WhatsApp announced controversial change to their privacy policies. Threema touts it’s $2.99 app as a service that can be used completely anonymously (which, yay!, but we always caution about things being completely anonymous, it’s really hard to make anything completely anonymous). Threema is one of the best privacy-focused messaging apps we have seen, with its end-to-end encryption, no phone number required to sign up, and its commitment to not collect user data. Yay for privacy-focused apps!
¿Qué podría pasar si algo falla?
You love to see a privacy focused app like Threema where the answer to the question, “What could happen if something goes wrong?” is truly, “Likely, not much.” End-to-end encryption. Check. No need to sign up with anything that could be linked to you like a phone number or email address. Check. Does not collect user data. Does not target ads in any way. Check and check! What little data does pass through the Swiss-based servers is deleted very quickly. Check. No known security breaches. Check! Threema really does check all the privacy-focused boxes. They even opened up the source code for their artificial intelligence features like face detection. We absolutely love to see transparency when it comes to the use of AI! Good work Threema! We’d say Threema is well worth the $2.99 price (however, this shows once again that good privacy is rarely ever free).
¿Me puede espiar?
Cámara
Dispositivo: No aplica
Aplicación: Sí
Micrófono
Dispositivo: No aplica
Aplicación: Sí
Rastrea la ubicación
Dispositivo: No aplica
Aplicación: No
¿Qué se puede usar para registrarse?
Correo electrónico
No
Teléfono
No
Cuenta de terceros
No
Threema sets up an 8-digit Threema ID for all users
¿Qué datos recopila la empresa?
Información personal
No personal data is collected by default. Optional: phone number and email (encrypted).
Información biométrica
Información social
¿Cómo utiliza la empresa estos datos?
¿Cómo puedes controlar el uso de tus datos?
¿Qué historial tiene la compañía en cuanto a la protección de los datos de los usuarios?
No known history of data breaches or leaks.
¿El producto se puede usar sin conexión?
¿La información de privacidad es fácil de entender?
A good example of a short and concise privacy policy, accompanied by detailed transparent papers on everything from encryption to FAQ addressing numerous possible concerns.
Enlaces a información de privacidad
¿El producto cumple nuestros estándares mínimos de seguridad?
Cifrado
Full end to end encryption of chats & calls, by default.
Contraseña fuerte
Threema allows various security passwords, namely PIN codes to log in, passphrases and lock codes to protect chats.
Actualizaciones de seguridad
Automatic updates from the respective app store or with a built-in updater.
Gestiona las vulnerabilidades
Dedicated contacts for security issues are provided. On top of that, external security experts are commissioned to conduct security audits on a regular basis.
Política de privacidad
¿El producto usa IA?
Some features such as face detection for photos are AI-based. Threema uses this AI facial recognition to find faces in images to blur them out for privacy. Good work Threema! And their AI code is open source. Anyone who is interested can look at the code.
¿Es poco confiable esta IA?
¿Qué tipo de decisiones toma la IA acerca de ti o por ti?
¿La empresa es transparente acerca del funcionamiento de la IA?
¿Tiene el usuario control sobre las características de la IA?
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