What if Telegram will be closed soon?

Against the background of a possible blocking of Telegram, we select worthy alternatives and tell which messengers are not suitable for those who care about the safety of their correspondence.

Signal

A messenger that recommends Edward Snowden himself. Signal uses one of the most reliable protocols to date, Text Secure — it allows you to exchange voice and text messages over the Internet without fear, without worrying that someone can read or listen to them. Even if the attackers manage to get your encryption key, they will not be able to decrypt the already written messages.

Wickr Me

Messages sent with the Wickr Me app are not stored on servers — instead, they are destroyed after a certain period of time. What is the gap, can choose the sender. In this case, neither the sender's phone nor the recipient's phone will not leave any traces of the message, it is impossible to save it with all the desire. What could be more reliable?

Threema

Swiss application for paranoid people who are worried about surveillance on the Internet. A distinctive feature of Threema is that you do not need to link your phone number or email address to It. Instead, the user is assigned an individual ID and automatically generates unique encryption keys that are not available to anyone, even by the programmers of the messenger.

Viber

Another popular, but not very reliable messenger. Viber can store conversations in unencrypted form in Apple iCloud and Google Drive, which means it can be compromised when you hack into your Apple ID or Google account. The same applies to WhatsApp. These messengers give false hope for safety and they are suitable only for those who do not discuss in correspondence any information that should be hidden from outsiders.

Skype

And Skype will soon be available as a messenger-all thanks to a large-scale update that will be available in the coming weeks on all platforms.

Skype will receive an audio message function and have already filled the edge of the "History" with masks for photos. However, unlike Snapchat, Instagram and other services, "stories" in Skype will be available for 7 days, not 24 hours.
It is worth noting that none of the listed services (except WeChat) are currently not included in the register of ORI, as well as Telegram, which means that the management of these messengers is still in the process of negotiations with Roskomnadzor. So far, we can only guess who and when may be under the threat of blocking the Supervisory authority.