A New Kind of Instant Messaging
tox.chat
Whether it's corporations or governments, there's just too much digital spying going on today. Tox is an easy to use application that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in. While other big-name services require you to pay for features, Tox is totally free and comes without advertising — forever.

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.

  • jackalope@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 years ago

    By “doesn’t support multi-device” you mean it doesn’t have syncing between devices?

    That’s kind of a big deal for me.

    • Yujiri@lemmy.ml
      2·
      3 years ago

      Yeah, I mean that. The design of the protocol makes it basically impossible to implement. This is one of the core drawbacks of peer to peer compared to federation.

      • jackalope@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 years ago

        right yeah I figured as much. I don’t know if there really is a way to do multi device with p2p.