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2026-05-30 10:28:52

Wire.com: “Your privacy is always our priority.” (unless you use Tor)

Wireapp has been a non-stop running goat fuck for years. The incompetent devs finally have a Debian procedure (here). It’s unclear if they are still pushing bloated Electron junk. But they seem to think banning Tor is not bad for optics in the deployment of a comms app pitched for security-minded folks. I modified their instructions to give:

 $ echo "Types: deb
URIs: tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By:
$(torsocks wget -O- tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/releases.key | sed -e 's/^$/./' -e 's/^/ /')" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.sources

Notice I used the tor:// scheme instead of https://. Doing aptitude update gives:

E: Failed to fetch tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian/dists/bookworm/InRelease  403  Forbidden [IP: 127.0.0.1 9050]
E: The repository 'tor://wire-app.wire.com/linux/debian stable InRelease' is not signed.

How to install Wire for Desktop on Linux

:computer: Wire for desktop. Contribute to wireapp/wire-desktop development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub