Proton Chat - Messaging app
Let's make it in some math style:
ProtonMail : Gmail = ProtonChat : Hangouts
:)
Secure private chat same principle of secure email, but applied to chats.
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NR commented
Some users have mentioned that this not an important feature. But
I think this is a critical feature lacking especially from your “proton for business” suite. As a clinic owner, I want to ensure that we can safely send instant messaging (vs sending emails back and forth) about patients within the clinic network. Not having this feature makes me not want to get the business suite from proton and consider another provider. -
Andrew Jacson commented
please
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Laxxius commented
I'm against a Proton Real Time Communication app. I think Proton should stick with what they have and work on that, rather than expanding into new areas.
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Tom Youth commented
It should also be accessible on desktop like google chat is.
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Ryan commented
Desired features:
Enterprise managed group chat space, one-to-one chat, chat rooms, sub groups of users, invitation by email, selectable access per user per room.
Able to suspend users from space, without losing contributions to chats and rooms.
Able to delete users from space, with option to delete any or all contributions to space.
Manageable user logins directory, to delete old device logins.
Compatible for Android, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Apple Watch.
Installable via Google Play Store, macOS App Store, iOS App Store, iPadOS App Store; does not require manual installs for macOS nor sideloading for iOS and iPadOS.
Integrated with Proton Business Suite.
Complete Apple iMessage emoji support.
Customizable automated scripts for forwarding notifications, based on room and selected level of urgency for a given message: email notifications, popup notifications, text notifications.
Printable views of selectable portions of chat rooms.
Search for keywords in entire space. -
glennreeves commented
This would be cool, and seeing how Telegram is dying, this might actually not be such a bad idea. But the downside to this is that running a "social media" app or messaging app demands using a lot of resources on LEA requests and moderating groups and channels. Thats expensive. And if you don't do it, proton CEO might get arrested while on holiday in France.
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Yusef commented
There are several good options out there that we're all familiar with, but if those options satisfied our needs and wants we wouldn't be discussing this. I would like to see Proton's vision in a Messaging & Voice-Video Calling app - an alternative to (and combining the best of) WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and MySudo - done the Proton way with the Proton interface. As another commenter stated, it would likely be based on the Signal platform.
• Offered as a separate plan or as part of the other package offerings
• Does not require a phone number, but offers the option of Proton virtual numbers, and works with non-Proton virtual numbers.
• End-to-end encryption in peer-to-peer communications.
• Can call or message non-Proton numbers.
• Offers multiple profiles, each with unique phone numbers
• Connects with others by Usernames or Handles or randomly generated alpha-numeric IDs like Session, while oncealing personal info, including name, phone number, IP address.
• Group chats and calls. -
Deej commented
yes, definitely needed
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NoobChick78 commented
Would be nice to have a messaging app like proton mail but with no phone number bounded to it, if possible.
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Unacceptable Chad Meyers commented
For a text replacement, there is Signal, but it is tied to a phone number. For chatting with my kids and as a family with a group chat we are stuck with Google Chat, and I really do not like that. Slowly, I have got all my family creating Proton accounts and moving over. Having a chat feature would be the last thing I need to get them to ALL move over.
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RadioAddition commented
A feature similar to google chats on protonmail, either through existing infrastructure or maybe through something else (like xmpp or signal protocol) either built into the protonmail app or on a separate app
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Prosciut commented
On this aspect, it would be worth to look into Bison Relay, which is an open source messaging protocol developed on lighting network: https://bisonrelay.org/
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V.F. commented
This is THE service Proton is missing to make my full digital life private. Struggling to find a proper good fully private messaging app.
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H commented
You could consider acquiring Threema and integrating that into the proton ecosystem
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Anon commented
There are other great apps like signal and session... but it isnt quite as saturated as the browser space... so maybe?
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Matt commented
I think I'd only use this if it had SMS/RCS support. Signal sadly I didn't use once they dropped that cause I knew no one who had it. Also, everyone uses WhatsApp now so it'll be hard to take that audience.
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Brian Hodges commented
@will, I agree.
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will commented
There is another suggestion on this forum mentioning buying Threema, and I agree. Similar to other partnerships/acquisitions Proton has done, this one would make a TON of sense.
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haveyou commented
like idea, what it better than signal, is bening hear to to not trust
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G commented
Any integration to create a secure meeting with existing solutions would be fine too imo