5 safest apps to send private and
secure messages
People are always looking for better ways to
shield their communications from prying eyes. The `end to-end encryption'
technology means that a message is ciphered before it's sent and then
deciphered after it is received. This way, anyone looking to snoop on
intermediary servers won't be able to understand the message.
While end-to-end encryption is a known standard,
it's a hard practice for the layperson to adopt into their everyday work. Now
developers are figuring out new ways to make message-sending as easy as
possible using this kind of encryption.
TextSecure
TextSecure is an Android app built for the sole
purpose of secure texting. It was created by a group of developers known as
Open Whisper Systems, who build suites of completely private communication apps
and release the code to the world under an open-source license. TextSecure is
OWS's Android solution. It provides end-toend encryption both over the air and
in the actual phone. The app used to send encrypted messages using SMS
standard. Last month, the app decided to nix SMS and send messages using data.
This made it possible for users to send messages to TextSecure's iOS
counterpart, Signal. The app requires users to have a unique passcode, which
can be used to prove that they received the message.
Signal
Signal is the iOS app made by t he O p en W h i
s p e r S ys t em s pr oje c t . L i ke TextSecure, it provides complete
security to protect users from any external snooping. It now supports sending
and receiving messages from TextSecure, which runs on Android. The app uses the
same encryption technology as its Android counterpart.
Telegram
(secret chats)
Telegram is a messaging app available on iOS,
Android, and Windows Phone. It was created by two brothers who helped launch
the huge Russian social network V K (formerly VKontakte) in 2012. It offers two
different types of chat op tions: normal chat -which has chats stored in the
app's cloud, and `secret chat' -which uses end-to-end encryption. While the
normal chat does not follow the most scrupulous securing processes, if a user
sends only secret chats, that person ought to have their security bases
covered.
Silent
Text
Silent Text is the secure messaging app from
Silent Circle, one of the better-known companies building secure communication
programs. Most famously, the company built the supposedly ultra-secure BlackPhone,
which purports to be an NSA-snooping proof mobile device.Silent Text is said to
be completely secure, using the best encryption practices available.But it
requires a monthly subscription, which starts at $9.99 (`629 approx).
Gliph
Gliph is another messaging app, supposed to be
completely secure. Its spin dif fers from most other apps, however, in that it
also facilitates Bitcoin payments. The app allows users to anonymously send
amounts of the digital currency to other Gliph users. It also has special
message features, including the ability to set a message. expiration time as
well as schedule messages
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