PrivateMSG for WhatsApp
Despite the fact that WhatsApp has gone several months without giving any scare about their safety or problems of any other nature, a new application has appeared to send private messages through this well-known communication tool Your name is PrivateMSG for WhatsApp, and it seems that its creator doesn't trust the WhatsApp encryption, because that its mission is encrypt or scramble messages under a password so that no one else who does not have said password is able to read it.
This is an application that is less curious, but also muy useful for transmitting important data such as account numbers, passwords or information that you want to protect And this tool allows you to encrypt messages and text to use through WhatsApp, but also in any other communication tool such as Email, iMessage, LINE , etcétera All this in a more comfortable way, and it is necessary to bear in mind that encoding a message involves including several steps before sending However its use is easy
The PrivateMSG app for WhatsApp works as encoder and decoder And it is that users who are going to exchange encrypted messages need this applicationThus, the one who is going to send a message needs to write it first in the text box of the screen marked by the tab Write a message A point in favor of this application is that in said space it is possible to include emoticons After that, all that remains is to enter a password that is the key of the encryption and then decryption Finally, it remains to press the button Encrypt to carry out the process. As is logical, it is necessary to also share the password for the recipient to perform the reverse process
This brings up a new screen where the message is transformed into a series of characters apparently unconnected Thus, all that remains is to copy said text and send it through WhatsApp, or any other means. With this, the recipient must copy the encrypted messagensage and paste it into the Decrypt message tab of the application PrivateMSG for WhatsApp In addition, it is necessary that you have the password Thus, when entering it it is possible to decipher the message and see it on the screen in a totally secure way. And it is that during the real conversation only an illegible message and a password have been shared, which can be a simple word to avoid raising suspicions or acode to add another level of security
This makes it much safer to transmit sensitive information through any means of communication, be they bank details, passwords, spicy messages or whatever the user wants. All this with just adding a couple of steps to the usual process.
In short, a curious tool with different uses for those users concerned about security of everything they transmit through their messages . The positive point is that this application is available on the two major mobile platforms:Android and iOSIn addition, Free can be fully downloaded from Google Play and App Store
