We live in a text messaging world. In fact, texting is arguably one of the most (if not the most) commonly used form of communication many people interact, share contents with family and friends. WhatsApp, Facebook’s Messenger, Google’s Allo, the list goes on and on.
Encryption security is the crucial intersection that messaging cannot afford to avoid to gain the minimum trust of users. Most of messaging services I mentioned above implement good effort to address the security issue, but are they doing enough with all the leaking, hacking and contents interception going? Numerous controversies surfaced over the past few months about attackers stealing people’s information via most popular messaging platforms. For example, bgr.com’s Chris Smith wrote this year about hackers having a new way to steal banking login information using WhatsApp. Which brings me to my point to ask, are there any reliably secure messaging service out there? This is the answer “Signal” is trying to answer. Signal is by far the best secure messaging services I have ever used thus far. It comes with several good features to at least make someone feel secured. For instance, Signal won’t allow users to take screenshots from its system. Snowden recommended Signal as the most secure messaging app out there. Also, The Hillary Clinton campaign utilized Signal to avoid creating another email controversy. I would suggest you to go and try it, then let us know your thoughts.
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/22/battle-of-the-secure-messaging-apps-how-signal-beats-whatsapp/
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