| End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) |
✔ Always On (Client-Side Default) |
✔ Always On |
✖ Off by Default (Cloud Plaintext) |
⚠ Encrypted Content, Massive Metadata |
✖ None (Full Plaintext Logging) |
| Phone Number / SIM Required |
✔ Never Required (0 KYC) |
✖ Mandatory Phone Number to Register |
✖ Mandatory Phone Number |
✖ Mandatory Phone Number |
⚠ Email + Frequent Phone Verification |
| Server-Side Message Storage |
✔ Zero Storage (Nothing on Disk) |
✔ Queued Until Delivered |
✖ Permanent Cloud History on Servers |
✖ Cloud Backups Often Unencrypted/Accessible |
✖ Permanent Searchable Server Database |
| IP Address & Metadata Logging |
✔ Zero Logs (No IP / No Social Graph) |
⚠ Minimal (Stores Account Creation/Last Seen) |
✖ Logs IP & Phone (Shared on Legal Request) |
✖ Logs IP, Location, Contacts, Timestamps |
✖ Logs IP, Device Fingerprint, All Clicks |
| Payment Privacy (No Banking KYC) |
✔ 100% Anonymous Crypto (XMR / BTC) |
⚠ App Store / Google Play / Fiat Donations |
⚠ Apple/Google Pay or TON tied to Phone |
✖ Meta Pay / Corporate Ad Surveillance |
✖ Credit Card / PayPal / Stripe KYC |
| Google/Apple Push Token Leakage |
✔ Zero Big-Tech Push Surveillance |
⚠ Uses FCM/APNs on Most Devices |
✖ Full FCM/APNs Notification Tracking |
✖ Full FCM/APNs + Meta Background Services |
✖ Full FCM/APNs + Telemetry |
| What Authorities Get From a Subpoena |
✔ Nothing (0 Bytes — Vault Is Empty) |
⚠ Phone Number, Registration Timestamp, Last Login |
✖ IP Address, Phone Number, Cloud Chats |
✖ Social Graph, IP Logs, Contacts, Groups, Backups |
✖ Every Message Ever Sent, IPs, Billing Name |