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RICOCHET

ABOUT

LATEST CHANGES

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ANONYMOUS INSTANT MESSAGING FOR REAL PRIVACY

Ricochet is a different approach to instant messaging that doesn’t trust anyone
in protecting your privacy.

 * Eliminate metadata. Nobody knows who you are, who you talk to, or what you
   say.
 * Stay anonymous. Share what you want, without sharing your identity and
   location.
 * Nobody in the middle. There are no servers to monitor, censor, or hack.
 * Safe by default. Security isn’t secure until it’s automatic and easy to use.


GET STARTED

Windows Mac Linux

The latest version is 1.1.4 (November 5, 2016). You can also build from source.


HOW IT WORKS

Ricochet uses the Tor network to reach your contacts without relying on
messaging servers. It creates a hidden service, which is used to rendezvous with
your contacts without revealing your location or IP address.

Instead of a username, you get a unique address that looks like
ricochet:rs7ce36jsj24ogfw.
Other Ricochet users can use this address to send a contact request - asking to
be added to your contacts list.

You can see when your contacts are online, and send them messages (and soon,
files!). Your list of contacts is only known to your computer - never exposed to
servers or network traffic monitoring.

Everything is encrypted end-to-end, so only the intended recipient can decrypt
it, and anonymized, so nobody knows where it’s going and where it came from.

For more information, you can read about Tor and learn more about Ricochet’s
design.


BE CAREFUL

Ricochet is an experiment. Security and anonymity are difficult topics, and you
should carefully evaluate your risks and exposure with any software.

We’re working on auditing, reviewing, and always improving Ricochet (and we’d
love more help). There will be problems. We hope to do better than most, but
please, don’t risk your safety any more than necessary.


HOW TO HELP

Bugs and features should be discussed on the issue tracker. Translations can be
contributed on Transifex. Patches are accepted and encouraged on GitHub or by
email.

Ricochet is maintained by John Brooks, who can be reached at:

ricochet:rs7ce36jsj24ogfw or john.brooks@dereferenced.net (pgp).

You should support The Tor Project, EFF, and run a Tor relay.

Ricochet is free and open-source software, made with love and dedication by its
contributors. Find out more about this website.