{
  "slug": "wire",
  "category": "messengers",
  "name": "Wire",
  "description": "End-to-end encrypted messenger and team collaboration app from Switzerland, with chats, calls and file sharing using Proteus and MLS. Accounts use an email address, and organizations can self-host federated backends.",
  "website": "https://wire.com",
  "source": "https://github.com/wireapp",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "android",
    "ios",
    "windows",
    "macos",
    "linux",
    "web"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "CH",
    "name": "Switzerland",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "C",
  "score": 61,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Wire scores 61 out of 100 (grade C) on the messengers criteria. It meets 5 of 8 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales, end-to-end encrypted by default, no phone number needed and decentralized. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, independent audit and metadata protection. It is based in Switzerland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; GDPR-style data protection law.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/messengers/wire/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/messengers/wire/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/wireapp/wire-server/blob/develop/LICENSE",
      "note": "The server is AGPL-3.0 and the apps are GPL-3.0."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://wire.com/en/privacy-policy",
      "note": "The apps use only opt-in, self-hosted Countly analytics, but the website uses Google Analytics and HubSpot after cookie consent."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://wire.com/en/pricing",
      "note": "Funded by paid team and enterprise plans, with no ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "e2ee_default": {
      "title": "End-to-end encrypted by default",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://wire.com/en/security",
      "note": "Messages, calls and files are end-to-end encrypted by default, and encryption cannot be turned off."
    },
    "no_phone_number": {
      "title": "No phone number needed",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://wire-docs.wire.com/download/Wire+Security+Whitepaper.pdf",
      "note": "Accounts can be registered with an email address instead of a phone number."
    },
    "metadata_protection": {
      "title": "Metadata protection",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://wire-docs.wire.com/download/Wire+Privacy+Whitepaper.pdf",
      "note": "The server stores each user's connections and conversation memberships."
    },
    "decentralized": {
      "title": "Decentralized",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://docs.wire.com/latest/understand/federation/index.html",
      "note": "Organizations can run their own Wire backend, and backends can federate with each other."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T10:59:36.112Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T11:14:42Z"
}