Messaging

Messaging 

Messaging is the sending of written or spoken messages using a computer or an-other electronic device such as a mobile phone.

Secure messaging

Messaging applications make it easy to communicate and connect with people around the world. However, with new ways to communicate and connect

via technology, there are also new ways for your privacy and security to be breached. Private messages could potentially be read by third parties, the organizations behind the apps, and governments who collect private information on their citizens.

An application will qualify to be secure when it supports the following; End-to-end encryption, multi-mode messaging, and synchronization among different platforms/devices.

End-to-end encryption is a way of creating a secure messaging application by encrypting information so that only the players engaged in communication can read the messages, excluding Internet service providers, the application maker, the government or anyone else. From the moment a message is typed, to the time it spends in transit, to the second it’s received, no one else can see that message.

Multi-mode communication allows for users to send messages through texts, videos, and audios When a platform allows for messages to be send via multiple modes, it usually allows the user to delete whatever kind of message comes through.

Multi-platform support provides the opportunity to sync messages across mobile, web, and desktop platforms. If a user feels more secure storing private messages in one location and deleting them off of another, this can up one’s data privacy.

Examples of secure messaging applications include Signal Private Messenger, Wire, Threema, Telegram, Viber, Silence, iMessage, Line.