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I am working on a messaging & email encryption platform (for the reason you mentioned) which will finally make encryption easy to use for non tech savvy people. It is based on PGP, source will be available. If anyone is interested in helping, giving feedback or learning more send me an email (in my bio or my username at gmail.com)
At the moment, Signal and Wire seem to be the best options. They have open-source clients, end-to-end encryption, are easy enough to use that even less-computer savy people can be realistically convinced to use them and they seem to offer decent protection for metadata (not technical, but policy-wise). There are, however, some upcoming developments which will change the situation in the next couple of months: 1) The…
I did not know about Briar, that seems useful, even for cases where you are just of the grid with your friends.
I am under the impression iMessage is pretty secure and I use it extensively as most of my friends and colleagues have iPhones. Refer to http://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf which specifies that RSA 1280-bit keypairs are used, and the private key is held on the device. So in terms of transit - the protocol should be secure. The only remaining option would be to question whether iOS is secure/inse…
I personally like Wickr ( https://www.wickr.com ). Although they're not as open as Signal, they've also passed several security reviews and I do like their transparency reviews ( https://www.wickr.com/about-us/blog/2016/08/01/wickr-transpa... )
https://www.vulnerability-db.com/?q=articles/2016/10/27/wick...
Aren't all of them encrypted now? I'm using telegram
As an alternative to Signal, I would also recommend Threema. Mobile only, paid, end-to-end encrypted with in-person verification. Team and infrastructure is based in Switzerland https://threema.ch/en/
The most secure app is Biocoded: https://biocoded.com/home . The reason we claim it is the most secure is: - Encrypted local on-device storage. We have an always-on mechanism and never store the entire local storage decryption key on the device. It's half on the device and half on the server. In case of lost or stolen device, all data is still safe. In fact you can effectively "wipe" your biocoded app data even if th…
Where is the source code?
Aren't all of them encrypted now? I'm using telegram
Telegram use end-to-end encryption only on so called "Secret Chats".[0] And in my experience very few people use "Secret Chats". This is the main reason I don't use it anymore and recommend against using it to others.
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Where is the source code?
"Biocoded source code, security protocols and implementations are audited by independent security agencies. Open source is not a guarantee or even an indicator of security. For sensitive governmental and corporate use, open source solutions are often dismissed outright." https://biocoded.com/faq#0