
All communication made through Tox is end-to-end encrypted.

Tox allows you to send instant messages to your contacts, but can also be used to make audio calls, and video calls. Some clients have additional functionality such as an option to send voice messages, capture a screenshot of a selected region on the screen and send it to the contact.
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Or you can send your QR code that they can scan to accept your invite (only on mobile apps). They have to accept your request and optionally add you as a contact. You can send your Tox ID to someone to invite them to chat. if you want to import it to the mobile app. You can use it to export your profile to other devices, for e.g. That's because Tox saves a profile to the \AppData\Roaming\Tox folder. I installed uTox on my computer (set it up) and then installed qTox it automatically picked up my Tox profile. You could try using it with Tor or a VPN to prevent this. Tox does by using your IP and your contact's to help you communicate with one another directly. Does Tox expose the IP address? Any P2P service will, that's how they work. The developers don't hide this though and have clearly mentioned this on the official website, which is a good sign. The main concern with Tox is that despite being open source, its encryption protocol has not been audited. Also, worth mentioning is that messages are metadata free, which is important because metadata is used as a way to trace users. The encryption happens on a per-message basis. Tox uses NaCl encryption for cryptography and the developers have labelled this as experimental. Combined with end-to-end encryption this is better for privacy when compared to a centralized service. The message that you send is delivered directly to the recipient, as in Peer-to-Peer (P2P). This could potentially result in data being stolen, or the user being spied on.Ī decentralized messenger is one that cuts out the middleman, i.e., there is no server in between you and your contact. When you send a message through a centralized service, it is transmitted (passes through) a server, where it may or may not be stored before it is delivered to the recipient. Examples for this would be Skype, Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, Viber or Telegram. Any instant messaging protocol that uses a cloud-based connection, aka a server, is a centralized service. Thank you for your support.Let me explain what a centralized messaging service is.

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