[tor-talk] TorChat for Android

arrase arrase at gmail.com
Sun Nov 13 11:41:15 UTC 2016


I am interested in writing an application like Ricochet for android, if
someone else is interested you can contact me.

I know about the Guardian project, I find it interesting, I'll get in touch
with them, thank you

2016-11-13 3:33 GMT+01:00 Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu>:

> On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 02:57:15AM +0100, arrase wrote:
> > Is there an app like TorChat for Android? The idea of ??????TorChat is
> > interesting but the current implementation is very basic for normal use
>
> Careful! You should be aware that "TorChat" is not made or endorsed
> or anything by the Tor people, despite its confusing name. :( I would
> suggest staying away from it on all platforms.
>
> A better choice, for the platforms where it's available, would be
> Ricochet.
>
> But you're right that there isn't a good one on Android, to my knowledge.
> And I think it would be hard to get Ricochet going on Android, since
> it's tied to the Qt library.
>
> A worthwhile next step would be asking the Guardian folks if they know
> of anything good on the horizon.
>
> --Roger
>
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