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Forward Email vs Delta Chat: privacy compared

Forward Email and Delta Chat are both rated in email clients against the same 8 public criteria. Forward Email is based in the United States (Five Eyes); Delta Chat is based in Germany (Fourteen Eyes).

Forward Email compared with Delta Chat
CriterionForward Email Our pickDelta Chat
GradeGrade B B (89/100)Grade A A (92/100)
JurisdictionUnited States Five EyesGermany Fourteen Eyes
Open source
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Yes sourceYes source
No trackers or telemetry
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Yes sourceYes source
No ads or data sales
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Yes sourceYes source
Independent audit
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Yes sourceYes source
OpenPGP support
Can the app encrypt and sign mail with OpenPGP, built in or through an official add-on?
Yes sourceYes source
Connects directly
Does the app connect directly to your mail server, without passing mail or passwords through the vendor's servers?
Yes sourcePartial source
Blocks remote content
Are remote images and tracking pixels blocked by default?
Partial sourceYes source
Works with any provider
Does the app work with any standard IMAP and SMTP provider?
No sourceYes source

Which is more private, Forward Email or Delta Chat?

Delta Chat scores higher on the public criteria: 92 out of 100, against 89 for Forward Email. Forward Email does better on connects directly. Delta Chat does better on blocks remote content and works with any provider. Disclosure. Privacy Ratings is maintained by the team behind Forward Email. This entry is scored by the same criteria as every other email client, and changes to it are reviewed under the published conflict-of-interest rules. How scoring works

Summaries

Forward Email. Forward Email scores 89 out of 100 (grade B) on the email clients criteria. It meets 6 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, OpenPGP support and connects directly. It partly meets blocks remote content. It does not meet works with any provider. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

Delta Chat. Delta Chat scores 92 out of 100 (grade A) on the email clients criteria. It meets 7 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, OpenPGP support, blocks remote content and works with any provider. It partly meets connects directly. It is based in Germany: Fourteen Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).

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