On: Ask HN: What are the end to end encrypted desktop messengers?

[hprotagonist]

keybase and signal are my favorites; imessage, whatsapp, and some others also have native clients.

signal and whatsapp’s “native clients” are chromium-driven, but can run independently of the browser.

[narrowtux → hprotagonist]

WhatsApp's "native" "client" is abusing your phone as a server. No-go IMHO

[hprotagonist → narrowtux]

this is true for Signal as well, but I think this is a design feature: your phone becomes a 2FA token.

[jerodg → hprotagonist]

Keybase is great; opposite of anonymous if one was looking for that feature.