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Tox Chat (tox.chat)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've seen a lot of talk about privacy minded chat clients on here but a search did not bring up Tox. I have been delving into the Gemini protocol ( https://gemini.circumlunar.space/) and a few folks there have listed Tox for contact. Anyone have thoughts on this?

It's encrypted, peer to peer, FOSS, and requires no signup.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Many of the top tier messaging platforms are trying to solve today's problems and vulnerabilities. I like that Tox does not require a huge centralized infrastructure (only DHT) and is P2P. Tox is very fast and works well over Tor too. However, P2P, DHT, and limited infrastructure has it's own challenges.

I think Session and Status.im are better positioned.