These are the safest messaging apps for chatting
Content security and privacy continues to be one of the hottest topics among users applications messaging. And it is that, after the scandals of espionage, the numerous cases of theft of information and the transmission of what should be secret but end up being vox populi, there is always the question of which tool has more barriers and security to protect everything that is transmittedA question that has also been asked by the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation or Fundación de la Frontera Electrónica in Spanish), for which it has decided analyze and put face to face the different applications and messaging services
To this end, it has set several reference points that can be measured in these services and that are related to good practices and security in sending content Points such as message encryption, if the service provider can accessto the content that users send and receive, if possible access past content knowing the password, if possible verify the identity of the contacts with whom you speak, if the application has open code to check its operation, if the security of the system is correctly documented and, finally, if the application has been audited by an external security team Details that help to know the degree of security they offer and that, surprisingly, are characteristics that the most famous applications do not have.
Therefore, if we look at these reasons and look at the group of most famous applications, we would find that iMessage, the tool for Exclusive messaging from Apple, is the most secure. Although it does not have an open code to be analyzed, nor does it allow the identification of contacts, but it does comply with the rest of the points raised by the EFF It is closely followed by its cousin-sister FaceTime, Apple's video calling app, with the same weaknesses.
But what about WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or Hangouts? Apparently, the big companies have not opted to apply the maximum security measures in these services.In fact, these three tools, despite being the most widespread, only have encryptedof your messages during sending, as well as have been audited by security companies to confirm its operation. Details that may fall short in the face of an attack in order to steal information or intercept communications Not to mention the issue of government espionageand other points in which they cannot claim to be the safest either.
In this regard, the application Telegram, well known for its secret chats , there is something better left in the scheme made by the EFF And it has several more security measures, although they are details likenot having been externally auditedHowever, due to its encryption and the lack of known cases of information theft, it is, along with iMessage and Facetime the most secure application on mobile platforms at the moment .
The funny thing is that the EFF list in your table, which you have published on your page web, another series of applications and messaging services that does comply with all the security points analyzed. Tools that, however, are little less than unknown for users and, therefore, do not offer the utility of WhatsApp , knowing that all users will be found there. However, they are useful for transmitting secret information with less risk of being intercepted by third parties.
