Data protection offensive: Threema relies on more transparency and wants to knock WhatsApp off the throne

WhatsApp is by far the most popular messenger service.

But the European provider Threema sets out to break its dominance - and changes course.

• In addition to the

  WhatsApp *

  messenger service,

  there are alternative offers, including from

  Europe

  .

• Threema

  receives fresh capital and starts a

  data protection offensive

  .

  The company responds to criticism regarding a lack of transparency.

• There is also another

  innovation

  to get consumers

  excited about

  the

  Threema app

  .

Munich - When it comes to

goes, is

is the most popular drug of choice - in this country.

In Germany alone, according to a survey, supposedly 96 percent of people use the messenger service.

The Federal Network Agency reported this in May 2020. But even if it is a kind of monopoly position: Apart from that, there are

that are enjoying increasing popularity - and growing

.

One of them is

.

WhatsApp competitor Threema will be relying on "open source" and more transparency in the future

For reasons of data protection in particular, more and more people are also turning to the

, based in Switzerland.

is one of the services that provide end-to-end encryption - recently also for video calls including signaling and metadata.

This means that only communication partners can see the content of messages, so the promise.

Certainly the desired solution

for

with regard to potential readers or even hacker attacks.

After WhatsApp recently announced security updates, rival

now also presenting

a more massive course adjustment - with the aim of achieving more

on the home continent of

.

There are

items that favor this project:

Top three user requests: #VideoCalls, #MultiDevice, #OpenSource.

One down, two to go.

💪 Learn about our future plans and our new partnership: https://t.co/FXbvDg1Aau

- Threema (@ThreemaApp) September 3, 2020

Threema developers

have announced that the future will be "

": The source code of the Threema apps will be transparent and therefore visible to everyone. Although the application has been considered one of the most secure messengers for years - this is not even the case for downloads registration of the mobile phone number is necessary, but the

still under lock and key.

WhatsApp competitor Threema: Fresh capital from investor and new multi-currency solution

In times

when people are

increasingly sensitive to

,

hopes to have

more trust in its offer because it has been exposed to criticism more often because of the secret source code.

From a financial point of view, the European

also

receiving

fresh capital: As

explains,

(German-Swiss company) is

investing

.

With the help of the financial injection, the messenger service would like to

gain greater use

in non-German-speaking

.

"In Afinum (a German-Swiss company, d. Ed.) We have found a partner who fully shares our values ​​in terms of security and data protection," Threema said in a press release.

In addition, Threema announces that it will become "even more trustworthy" and make use "even more convenient".

A third attractive

will come into play

at

future: Thanks to a cross-platform

, the messenger can be used on several devices * at the same time - including on the PC.

And that too, without personal data being stored on the company's servers.

WhatsApp alternatives: privacy and advertising

WhatsApp

*, which, like Instagram, belongs to the US group Facebook, is the world's most popular messenger service.

The negative aspects include collecting user data and displaying advertisements within the app.

The market offers

these

:

WhatsApp is also in motion: the messenger service is planning a function that should provide relief, especially for digital messies.