It’s based on Signal protocol and it’s also open source. However, unlike Signal it doesn’t harvest phone numbers.

https://github.com/wireapp

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    Does Wire still store metadata on who you message? That seems potentially more damaging than Signal’s phone number requirement, at least since the switch to being able to hide your number from everyone.

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        18 days ago

        Your right, they could just read any of your messages if they feel like it however. Wouldn’t you rather have a phone number associated with an unreadable account? Or no “personally identifying info (besides your entire device…)” but Wire can read and see all of what you send.

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            18 days ago

            No, what I’m saying is that if Wire still sends the passwords for the encryption in plaintext to their servers, thats bad. Signal doesn’t do that afaik.

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                18 days ago

                Definitely search on your own, I was only going based off this. Could be fixed by now!

                But if it was ever true, that’s again, bad. Not something you would even think of doing if your true motives are “privacy”