{"id":38339,"date":"2022-04-02T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T16:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=38339"},"modified":"2022-04-02T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T16:27:18","slug":"speek-chat-privacy-messenger-tor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/speek-chat-privacy-messenger-tor\/","title":{"rendered":"Speek.Chat &#8211; Privacy Focused Messenger built on Tor Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speek-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-38340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speek-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speek-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speek-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speek-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speek-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a secure instant messaging app? Speek.Chat is a free open-source messenger based on Tor hidden network services.<\/p>\n<p><b>No server, no metadata, no ID or phone number!<\/b> With it, users are only identified via public keys. By sharing the key to others, they can send request to add you into contact list and then start chatting.<\/p>\n<p>All messages and files are end-to-end encrypted and routed via the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tor_(network)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tor network<\/a>. No middleman server that could be compromised, taken down or leak user information. You can chat anonymous without exposing your identity (or IP) to anyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speekchat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speekchat-600x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speekchat-600x321.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speekchat-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speekchat-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speekchat.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speek.Chat messenger features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serverless, no metadata, anonymous.<\/li>\n<li>Peer to peer encrypted using TLS\/SSLv3, routed via Tor network.<\/li>\n<li>Nothing is stored. All messages deleted on app close.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Get Speed.Chat<\/h3>\n<p>The app is available in Microsoft Store for Windows, and app store for macOS 10.12 or later.<\/p>\n<p>For Linux, it provides the non-install <b>Appimage<\/b> available to download at the project releases page:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Speek-App\/Speek\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Speek.Chat<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grab the package from &#8216;Assets&#8217; section, then right-click on it and go to file &#8216;Properties&#8217;. After adding permission to &#8216;<i>Allow executing file as program<\/i>&#8216;, you can right-click and select run to launch the messenger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-speekchat.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-speekchat-600x329.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-38344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-speekchat-600x329.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-speekchat-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-speekchat-768x420.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/launch-speekchat.webp 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to use it anymore, just remove the .appimage package and that&#8217;s all.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a secure instant messaging app? Speek.Chat is a free open-source messenger based on Tor hidden network services. No server, no metadata, no ID or phone number! With it, users are only identified via public keys. 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