The Difference Between Freedom Chat and Texting
About Freedom Chat Messaging App
Freedom Chat was created to give everyone control over their digital lives. With Freedom Chat, you can communicate with whomever you want, protect your data, avoid having your conversations “leaked,” and safeguard against cybercrime. Freedom Chat gives you the freedom to speak to whom you want, when you want, without fear of tyrants or big tech listening in on your conversations.
Your Conversations Belong To You
Nobody should be able to exploit your data or your conversations, period. Our unique features and business model are based on this fundamentally stronger definition of privacy. We even have a white paper and an encryption analysis with snippets of our code that detail our end-to-end encryption process.
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is crucial for modern messaging and is designed to prevent anyone other than the intended recipient of a message from reading it. When E2EE is not implemented (either knowingly or improperly), not only can the provider of the messaging app you’re using read your messages, but malicious hackers and even government agencies can, too. In fact, research estimates that over 5.5 billion unencrypted texts are sent each day! This brings us to our next point—traditional texting.
Traditional Texting Protocols
Texting, or SMS (Short Message Service), is a method of communication that sends messages between cellphones. SMS was first developed in 1984. The first text message was sent years later, on December 3rd, 1992. Today, SMS is the most widely used data application in the world, with 81% of mobile phone subscribers using it. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, research estimates that over 5.5 billion unencrypted texts are sent each day! This means that all of those images, videos, and messages being sent can be read not only by government agencies but also by malicious hackers.
SMS vs. MMS
MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. It’s a type of texting that involves videos, images, GIFs, and up to 1,600 characters. MMS is an extension of the core SMS protocol and was developed to enable the transmission of multimedia content via text message rather than just plain text. That is the main difference between SMS and MMS texts.
iMessage Vs. Google Messaging
Since 2023, both iMessage and Google Messaging claim their messages are end-to-end encrypted. We say “claim” because, quite honestly, we are not sure and are very skeptical. What we do know for sure is that any message between an Android user and an iPhone user is not encrypted at all. Yikes. And regarding our skepticism, how many times have you texted something to your spouse, family, or friend and then been shown ads all across the web for exactly what was sent? All the time, right? According to Apple’s website, the following data may be collected and linked to your identity regarding the use of iMessage:
- Contact info
- Identifiers (whatever that means)
- Search history
- Location
In this case, and in our opinion, iMessage doesn’t seem very private. Neither does Google Messaging, which has a very similar privacy policy. Messages should be end-to-end encrypted, with no storage of messages on the server, and there should be absolutely no commercial use of user data.
Freedom Chat's Messaging Features
Freedom Chat combines new and innovative features into one user-friendly dashboard. With Freedom Chat, you can disable screenshots with Screenshot Protect, edit, unsend, and self-destruct messages, verify end-to-end encryption, enable “sensors off” (which deactivates your camera and microphone for ultimate privacy), and so much more. We’ve worked incredibly hard to develop all the features you’ve come to expect from your current messaging apps, such as reacting to messages with emojis, read receipts, and do not disturb, while also adding more privacy-focused features like Screenshot Protect in a 100% private and secure environment. If you haven’t yet, you can download Freedom Chat here.
Freedom Chat vs. Traditional Texting Summary
Freedom Chat was created to give everyone control over their digital lives. With Freedom Chat, you can communicate with whomever you want, protect your data, avoid having your conversations “leaked,” and safeguard against cybercrime.
Texting, or SMS (Short Message Service), is a method of communication that sends messages between cellphones. SMS was first developed in 1984.
MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. It’s a type of texting that involves videos, images, GIFs, and up to 1,600 characters. MMS is an extension of the core SMS protocol and was developed to enable the transmission of multimedia content via text message rather than just plain text.
Unlike traditional texting applications, Freedom Chat has no commercial use of user data, verifiable end-to-end encryption, no storage of messages on the server, the ability to disable screenshots, and the capability to deactivate your phone’s camera and microphone, too.
To learn more about Freedom Chat you can visit our homepage.