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Private messaging and email: the apps, the protocols, and how to pick a provider you can trust.

Encrypted Twitter DMs soon for improved privacy with Signal Protocol

Twitter is working on end-to-end encrypted Twitter DMs under the new leadership of Elon Musk. It is to be expected that this new privacy feature will be re

2022

Berty Messenger: Private, secure, distributed. Even works offline!

You might wonder why you should be interested in another instant messenger app? Berty comes with heaps of neat feature, is packed in an appealing and moder

2022

Acceptable Places to Communicate Securely with Another Party

You might never think of physical security coming into play too much if you have a very high level of Internet/Device security. But it is actually a lot mo

2022

Apple's iMessage Service and Privacy

Apple has provided a messaging service since the dawn of the iPhone many years ago and expanded on it to be a very privacy conscious and secure way of comm

2022

Daily go-to Secure Messaging Apps for Better Privacy

Warning: This section of The Crypto Paper is outdated. Wire went through some severe Privacy policy changes after moving its holding company between jurisdictions.

2022

Messaging privately and securely with the XMPP/Jabber Protocol

The one thing missing from Version 2 of the paper was the XMPP/Jabber Protocol and OTR off-the-record for messaging privately and securely. XMPP is very ni

2022

Messaging with Signal by Open Whisper Systems

Signal is marketed on the Open Whisper Systems website as “Privacy that fits in your pocket”. Open Whisper Systems had originally created separate apps for

2022

Privacy Tools: Securely Transmitting Information - Messaging & Calling

Currently, technology allows us to communicate in so many different ways with each other that even 30 years ago we were unable to do. Skype, Email, SMS, Fa

2022

Secure Email in Switzerland: ProtonMail

Before coming across the ProtonMail crowdfunding campaign, I was an avid user of email services like Yahoo and Gmail. However, Yahoo was only putting in a

2022
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