It's based on Signal protocol and it's also open source. However, unlike Signal it doesn't harvest phone numbers.

https://github.com/wireapp

  • jaxiiruff@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    Huh, never really looked into Wire but it seems like its a great option and now im wondering why people bother with signal or matrix if this can do both encryption and federation

    • BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Federation sounded interesting so I looked at the website and it sounds like on prem can't yet federate with people using "cloud" which I guess is the hosted version - they can only federate with other on-prem instances.

      It looks promising though and would be cool to host my own instance and still chat with friends.