Privacy Cell vs ThreatScoopOnionChat
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Privacy Cell
Privacy Cell is a small app that displays the cell phone protocol information. At the time of this writing, many cell phone networks are switching from 4G (4th Generation) to 5G networks. The 5G network protocols were specifically designed to protect against some of the known insecurities of the older protocols, including those that allowed stingrays (IMSI catchers) to perform man-in-the-middle attacks on cell phone networks. To ease deployment and backwards compatibility, 4G and 5G networks can run together in what is known as 5G NR (New Radio) NSA (Non-Standalone) mode. This uses the 4G network for the control channel and the 5G network for the data communication. However, 5G NR NSA does not provide protection against stingrays. Android has access to all the information it needs to know if it is connected to a 5G NR NSA or a 5G NR SA (Standalone) network, but it doesn’t display that information to the user. The purpose of Privacy Cell is to make that information easy to access. Privacy Cell can also warn you when you are connected to antiquated 2G and 3G networks.
ThreatScoopOnionChat
# ThreadScoopOnionChat This version is a fork from " https://github.com/session-foundation/session-android ", enfocado en la privacidad. ## How Did ThreadScoopOnionChat Come About? I have always been a fan of privacy and security in communications, and I am constantly researching potential security breaches in messaging applications. ThreadScoopOnionChat emerged after the analysis of this blog "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/", in which several aspects are described as to why using Session is not recommended, and I wondered how it is possible that a foundation focused on privacy—with the grants and support it receives—has not been able to improve this protocol. I still do not understand the answer, since my resources are much smaller than those of a foundation compared to that of a person who is simply a fan of privacy and security. In this blog, certain problems were described: 1> "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/#insufficient-entropy-ed25519" 2> "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/#in-band-negotiation" 3> "https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/#public-keys-aes-gcm" This is a forked version privacy focussed from Session. Go Github to check all features implemented.
| Feature | Privacy Cell | ThreatScoopOnionChat |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | DirectF-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivitySMSMessaging | SMSMessagingBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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