Qarsoodinimada iyo nabadgelyadu waa laf-dhabarka muranka tignoolajiyada casriga ah ee internetka. Had iyo jeer waxaa jirta suurtogalnimada in dawladda ama tuugtu ay ku dhegaysan karaan ama xitaa ku daawanayaan xidhiidhkaaga internetka ama barta Wi-Fi ee^{(Wi-Fi hot spot)} dadweynaha . Cabsidan ayaa laga yaabaa inay ku jirto qaabkeeda ugu daran marka ay timaado barnaamijyada lagu sheekeysto.

Barnaamijyada fariimaha ayaa noqday nooc isgaarsiineed oo muhiim u ah balaayiin dad ah oo adduunka oo dhan ah. Waxa loo adeegsadaa doodaha caadiga ah ee ku saabsan wax iibsiga si loo helo macluumaadka gaarka ah ee ku saabsan nolosheenna gaarka ah. Haddii aad raadinayso abka wada sheekaysiga oo bixiya sirta ugu badan, liiskan abka wada sheekaysiga ugu fiican ee sirta iyo amniga waa inuu kaa caawiyaa inaad hesho abka saxda ah ee sugan baahiyahaaga.

Maxaa ka dhigaya App-ka wada sheekaysiga mid gaar ah^{(Chat App Private)} oo sugan^(Secure) ?

Ma jiro wax la yiraahdo badbaadada internetka ee qumman. Inta badan qufulada waxa lagu jabin karaa wakhti ku filan, lacag, iyo horumar tignoolajiyadeed. Markaa marka aan ka hadalno shay “ammaan,” waxa ay la macno tahay in ay aad qaali u tahay ama ay adag tahay in la isku dayo in la jebiyo.

Marka ay timaado sheekeysiga apps-ka, waxaa jira dhinacyo dhowr ah oo software-ka ah oo kaa caawinaya sugidda isgaarsiintaada.

Apps waxay sirin karaan xogtaada qalabka laftiisa. Tani waxay dheer tahay sirta qalab kasta oo ay bixiso taleefankaaga ama aaladaha kale.

Marka xigta, haddii aad rabto inaad wax walba ilaaliso, abkaagu waa inuu hayaa oo keliya nuqullada maxalliga ah ee xogtaada. Taas macneheedu waxa weeye ma jiro nuqul ka mid ah fariimahaaga dhabta ah ama diiwaanka hawshaada oo ku jira server-yada, xataa haddii waxa ku jira la sir^(encrypted) yahay ! Waxa kale oo laga yaabaa inaad rabto ikhtiyaarka fariimaha is-burburin ee^{(self-destructing messages)} si joogto ah loo tirtiro ka dib marka la akhriyo.

Dhammaan abka ma bixiyaan sifooyinkan amniga adag, laakiin hal sifo oo dhammaan apps-ka lagu sheekeysto ee sugan waa inay lahaadaan sirta dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka. Kani waa hab lagu sireeyo waxa ku jira fariintaada halkaasoo adeeg bixiyaha aanu arki karin waxa la sheegayo. Furayaasha sirta ayaa lagu soo saarayaa aaladaha ka qaybgalayaasha sheekeysiga. Dhammaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sireed waxay sidoo kale ka dhigan tahay in qof kasta oo dhexgala sheekeysigaaga uusan awoodi doonin inuu akhriyo.

Waxa kale oo laga yaabaa inaad rabto inaad doorato abka wada sheekaysiga kaas oo ah il furan. Tani waxay ka dhigan tahay in qof kastaa uu hubin karo koodka isha ee abka. Taasi waxay ka dhigaysaa wax aan macquul ahayn in "albaabada dambe" lagu qariyo koodka, kaas oo u oggolaanaya bixiyaha abka ama saraakiisha dawladda inay ka gudbaan ammaanka abka.

Waxa ugu muhiimsan waa doorashada abka leh heerka saxda ah ee amniga baahiyahaaga. 

1. WhatsApp ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Ku dhawaad ​​qof kastaa wuxuu joogaa WhatsApp^{(Almost everyone is on WhatsApp)}
• fududahay in la isticmaalo, si fiican loo naqshadeeyay^{(Easy to use, well-designed)}
• Doorasho weyn oo ah xulashooyinka wadaagga warbaahinta^{(Great choice of media sharing options)}
• Dhammaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta^{(End-to-end encryption)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Waxay xogta la wadaagtaa shirkadda waalidka ee Facebook^{(Shares data with FaceBook parent company)}
• Xog ururintu waxay ku xidhan tahay aqoonsiga qalabkaaga iyo aqoonsigaaga^{(Data collection is linked to your device ID and identity)}

WhatsApp waa app-ka ugu caansan ee lagu sheekeysto adduunka oo dhan, wuxuuna noqday mid meel walba yaalla oo ganacsiyada xitaa ay boggooda rasmiga ah ku qoraan lambarka WhatsApp -ka.^(WhatsApp)

WhatsApp waa sahlan tahay in la isticmaalo oo si cajiib ah loo isticmaalo. Waxay siisaa shaqada wada sheekaysiga qoraalka ee la filayo iyo xulashada wada sheekaysiga kooxeed ee weyn ee qoysaska, ururada, iyo kooxaha saaxiibada. 

Waxaad wadaagi kartaa fariimaha codka oo waxaad isticmaali kartaa sifada wadaaga faylka ee abka dhexdiisa. Lambarka taleefankaagu waa isku xirka gaarka ah ee astaantaada WhatsApp , oo waxaad samayn kartaa VOIP (cod ka sarreeya IP) wicitaanno iyo wicitaanno muuqaal ah hal interface. Wicitaanadan codka ah ee sirta ah waxay cunaan xogta laakiin maaha wakhtiga hawada.

WhatsApp waxay leedahay sir-dhammaad-ilaa-dhammaad sir adag, taasoo la macno ah WhatsApp ama qof ka baxsan wada-sheekeysigaaga midna ma garan karo waxa la sheegayo. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaa jira qabasho. Tan iyo markii WhatsApp ay heshay Facebook (hadda Meta ), siyaasaddeeda gaarka ah ayaa isbeddelay^{(privacy policy has changed)} si ay u oggolaato goosashada xogta iyo la wadaagga isticmaaleyaasha WhatsApp Facebook . 

Markaa waxaan ku tilmaami karnaa WhatsApp inuu yahay app farimo ammaan ah, laakiin laga yaabee inuusan ahayn midka ugu gaarka ah. Caannimada weyn ee WhatsApps^(WhatsApps) waxay ka dhigan tahay inaad u badan tahay inaad isticmaasho laakiin si taxadar leh u akhri siyaasadda sirta ah si aad u hubiso inaad ku qanacsan tahay waxa lala wadaagayo maamulayaasha shirkadda.

2. Facebook Messenger ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Dhammaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta ah (ee wada-hadallada sirta ah)^{(End-to-end Encryption (in Secret Conversations))}
• Ammaanka biometric ee ikhtiyaarka ah^{(Optional biometric security)}
• Jawi sheeko madadaalo leh oo leh astaamo badan oo sinta ah^{(Funky chat environment with lots of hip features)}
• Saldhig isticmaale oo weyn.^{(Large user base.)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Sirintu waa in loo hawlgeliyaa fariimaha qoraalka ah gacanta^{(Encryption must be activated for text messages manually)}
• Xog wadaagga Facebook ayaa weli ah walaac sir ah.^{(Facebook data sharing remains a privacy concern.)}

Ku dhejinta Facebook , wakhtiga la joogo, app-ka soo socda ee mudan in la tixgeliyo waa Facebook Messenger . Messenger waa barta fariimaha ee ay adeegsadaan Facebook , Instagram , iyo Portal wakhtiga qorista. Oculus Quest ayaa sidoo kale la soo gelin doonaa isla markiiba.

Sida WhatsApp , Messenger wuxuu bixiyaa sirta dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka. Si ka duwan WhatsApp , waa in aad dhaqaajiso sifo gacanta isticmaalaya "Wadahadalka Qarsoon". Sheekada codka^(Voice) iyo muuqaalka ah, si kastaba ha ahaatee, had iyo jeer waa sir.

Messenger dhibco hoose ayuu ka helay sirnimada isla sababta WhatsApp . Macluumaadkaaga qaarkood waxaa guranaysa shirkadu, waana inaad akhridaa siyaasadahooda si aad u fahanto sida iyo sababta tan loo sameeyo. Uma dhibco sida WhatsApp ugu sareysa amniga midkoodna, si fudud sababtoo ah dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta ayaa door bidaaya xilligan.

3. Apple iMessage ( lagu dhex dhisay^(Built-in) iOS iyo macOS)

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Is dhexgalka fantastik ah ee dhammaan aaladahaaga Apple^{(Fantastic integration across your Apple devices)}
• Beddel ammaan badan oo SMS ah^{(A much more secure alternative to SMS)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Kaabta iCloud waxay soo bandhigaysaa dayacanka sirta^{(iCloud backup introduces encryption vulnerabilities)}
• Waxaad la hadli kartaa oo kaliya isticmaalayaasha kale ee Apple^{(You can only chat with other Apple users)}

Haddii aad leedahay iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch , ama Mac , waxa aad horay ugu rakibtay iMessage qalabkaaga. Kani waa nidaamka fariimaha guriga ee Apple , oo waxa ay caan ku ahayd macaamiisha Apple ku dhawaad ​​bilowgii.

Hoos-u-dhaca weyn ee iMessage waa in loo isticmaali karo oo keliya inta u dhaxaysa aaladaha Apple maadaama taasi ay muhiim u tahay sida ay u shaqeyso sirta dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka. Arrin kale oo suurtagal ah oo halis ah ayaa ah in muujinta kaydka iCloud^{(iCloud backup feature)} ee aaladaha sida iPhone ay ku kaydiso furaha sirta ah ee qalabkaaga server-keeda. 

Taasi waxay ka dhigaysa farsamo ahaan suurtogal ah in qof uu furfuro fariimahaaga isagoo ka helaya furaha kaydka. Nasiib wanaag waxaad dami kartaa iCloud Backup oo aad sugi kartaa xogta in la tirtiro 180 maalmood ka dib, ka dib furihii hore wuxuu noqon doonaa mid aan sax ahayn. Taasi waa kaliya haddii aad tahay qof miyir beelay, laakiin fariimahaaga gaadiidka-gudbinta mar walba waa la ilaaliyaa.

App-ka Messenger ahaan, iMessage waxa uu leeyahay astaamo nadiif ah, sida saamaynta shaashadda fariimaha gaarka ah, dhejiska, Memoji , Animoji , raadinta GIF , iyo in ka badan. Ilaa inta qof kasta oo aad rabto in aad la hadasho sidoo kale waa qayb ka mid ah kooxda taageeraha Apple , iMessage ayaa weli ah app chat cajiib ah.

4. Signal Private Messenger ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Aad loo sugo^{(Highly-secure)}
• Dan shirkadeed ma jirto^{(No corporate interest)}
• Fur isha code^{(Open source code)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Uma qurxin sida apps chat mega caadiga ah^{(Not as polished as mainstream mega chat apps)}
• Waxqabadka shabakadu had iyo jeer ma fiicna^{(Network performance isn’t always great)}

Marka ay dadku ka fekeraan barnaamijyada fariimaha sir ah, Signal shaki la'aan waa mid ka mid ah magacyada ugu horreeya ee soo baxa. Taasi waa sababta oo ah abkani waxa uu si adag ugu salaysan yahay sirta iyo amniga. Waa app-ka uu isticmaalo Edward Snowden !

Signalku^(Signal) waxa uu diri karaa farriimo hal-hal ah, fariimo kooxeed, wadaagi kara faylasha, wadaagi kara qoraalada codka, sawirada, fiidyaha, oo samayn kara muuqaal iyo wicitaano cod ah. Waa abka wada sheekaysiga sifaysan oo buuxa oo leh sirin adag iyo heerar gaar ah. 

Dhinaca hoose ee Signal ayaa ah in isticmaaleyaasha qaarkood ay ka cawdaan in farriimaha ay qaataan waqti dheer in la diro iyo in waxqabadka server-ku aanu had iyo jeer heer sare ahayn. 

5. Telegram ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Siyaasad gaar ah oo ka wanaagsan WhatsApp ama Facebook Messenger^{(Better privacy policy than WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger)}
• Sifooyin wanagsan, sida wadaagga sawirka aan la adkeyn^{(Great features, such as uncompressed image sharing)}
• Dhammaan fariimaha waa la siryay marka la sii marayo^{(All messages are encrypted in transit)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Dhammaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta ah waxay u baahan tahay hawl-gelinta gacanta^{(End-to-end encryption needs manual activation)}

Haddii Signalku^(Signal) yahay adeegga fariimaha gaarka ah ee adag, Telegram wuxuu ahaan lahaa xudunta dhexe. Waxay diiradda saareysaa sirnimada-ka badan WhatsApp -ka laakiin maaha mid aan dhib lahayn sida Signal -ka .

Marka la eego dheelitirnaanta, kani waa app-ka aan jecelnahay isticmaalka meel dhexe oo wanaagsan oo u dhexeeya labada daraf ee adduunka fariimaha degdegga ah ee sugan. Mid ka mid ah meelaha uu Telegramku^(Telegram) gaaban yahay marka la barbar dhigo WhatsApp ayaa ku yaal qaybta sirta-dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka. In kasta oo dhammaan fariimaha Telegram -ku ay yihiin kuwo sir ah, kaliya "Chats-ka sirta ah" ayaa la sir ah dhamaadka-ilaa-dhammaad. Sidan oo kale, Telegram waa sida Facebook Messenger .

Haddii aad xasuusato inaad u calaamadiso sheekeysiga xasaasiga ah inay yihiin sheekeysi qarsoodi ah, waxaad heli doontaa waxa ugu wanaagsan labada adduun. Qarsoodigaagu uma furnaan doono damaca shirkadda marka la barbar dhigo abka fariimaha la isku diro ee warbaahinta bulshada. Telegram waxa kale oo uu leeyahay macmiil Windows iyo macOS weyn oo qabta shaqo ka fiican kan macmiilka desktop WhatsApp , fikirkeena.

6. Wickr Me ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Si madax banaan loo baaro^{(Independently audited)}
• Dhaqamada qarsoodiga ah ee xooggan^{(Strong encryption practices)}
• Waxay u ogolaataa ilaalinta hore haddii furayaashaada la xado^{(Allows for forward-security in case your keys are stolen)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Isha xiran^{(Closed source)}
• CIA waa maalgashade^{(The CIA is an investor)}

Wickr waxaa la aas aasay sanadkii 2012-kii waana hormuud marka ay timaado sugidda abka fariimaha la isku diro, muddo dheer ka hor inta aysan qabow ahayn ama la mariyo. Mid ka mid ah sifooyinkeeda muhiimka ah ee bilawga iOS waxay ahayd awoodda lagu dejiyo taariikhda dhicitaanka, oo si toos ah ula mid ah (wax yar ka weyn) Snapchat , kaas oo tirtiraya fariimaha maalin ka dib.

EFF ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) ayaa 2015 si heer sare ah u dhalisey Wickr dhaqamadeeda sirta ah, awoodda lagu sugo isgaarsiintii hore haddii furayaashaada la xado. Dhibcaha daciifka ah ee Wickr^(Wickr) waxay u soo degeen inay noqdaan ilo xiran oo ay waxoogaa mugdi ku jiraan dukumeentigeeda farsamada. 

Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Wickr ma sii dayn warqad cad oo faahfaahinaysa borotokoolka sirta ah. Waxa laga yaabaa in waxoogaa werwer leh waa in CIA ay tahay maalgeliyaha^{(CIA is an investor)} shirkadda.

7. Threema ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Il furan^{(Open-source)}
• Laga soo dhisay dhulka si ay u noqoto mid gaar ah oo qarsoodi ah^{(Built from the ground up to be private and anonymous)}
• Adeegayaasha Swiss si sharci ah ayaa loo ilaaliyaa^{(Swiss servers are legally protected)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Xor maaha^{(It’s not free)}
• Saldhig isticmaale xaddidan^{(Limited user base)}

Threema waxay ka soo dhex muuqataa dadka iyagoo ka mid ah barnaamijyada fariimaha fariimaha ee tirada yar ee qarashka ku baxaya. Kaliya waa $3.99 si aad u hesho app-ka, laakiin taasi waa mid aad ugu adag adduunka apps-ka mobaylada.

App-ka laftiisu waa il furan, taas oo ah ammaan lagu daray bar. Lacagta aad bixiso waa hubaal kale oo ah in aan xogtaada la iibin maadaama aad si toos ah u maalgeliso adeegga.

Threema waxay ku salaysan tahay mabaadii'da "sirta qaabaynta". Hal tusaale ayaa ah inaadan u baahnayn inaad bixiso lambar telefoon ama macluumaad kale oo lagu aqoonsan karo sida WhatsApp ama Telegram .

Seerfarrada Threema waxay ku yaalaan Switzerland , taas oo macnaheedu yahay in xogtaadu ay ka faa'iidaysato sharciyada adag ee sirta ah ee waddankaas. Asal ahaan Threema^{(Essentially Threema)} waligeed uma baahna inay siiso macluumaadka isticmaalaha dawlado shisheeye sabab kasta ha ahaatee.

8. Skype ( Android & IOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Waxqabad weyn iyo astaamo^{(Great performance and features)}
• Saldhig isticmaale oo wayn^{(Massive user base)}
• Laga heli karo ku dhawaad ​​goob kasta^{(Available on almost every platform)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Si tartiib ah ayaa meesha looga saaray iyadoo loo xaglinayo Kooxaha Microsoft^{(Slowly being phased out in favor of Microsoft Teams)}
• Dhammaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta ah waxay u baahan tahay hawl-gelinta gacanta^{(End-to-end encryption requires manual activation)}

Skype waa codsi kale oo caan ah oo lagu sheekeysto oo ay taageerto shirkad weyn oo software ah oo ah qaabka Microsoft . Software-ku waxa uu jiray muddo sanado ah, wakhtigan xaadirka ah, waxa si qurux badan uga buuxa astaamo, oo ay ku jiraan awoodda lagu samayn karo telefoonnada lambarada taleefannada caadiga ah. Qiimo ahaan, dabcan! Kaliya^(Just) ka dooro qof liiskaaga xiriirka, ka dooro habka isgaarsiineed oo bilow inaad meel fog wada sheekeysato.

Skype waxay leedahay is-dhexgal aad u fiican oo ay la leedahay alaabada kale ee Microsoft , laakiin waayadan dambe, Microsoft waxay siisay dareen dheeraad ah madal Kooxaheeda, oo ka kooban Skype ^(Teams)DNA^{(Skype DNA)} . Marka waqtigu wuu sii socdaa, Skype waxaa laga yaabaa inuu bilaabo inuu ku sii xumaado gubashada dhabarka. Waa inaad sidoo kale ogaataa in kasta oo wax walba ay yihiin kuwo sir ah, waa inaad abuurtaa sheeko gaar ah gacanta haddii aad rabto sirta dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka.

9. Silig ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• App-ka il furan oo sir ah oo wata tignoolajiyada sir weyn^{(Open-source privacy app with great encryption technology)}
• Lagu ammaanay fududaynta isticmaalka^{(Lauded for ease of use)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Hadda ku salaysan USA^{(Now based in the USA)}
• Waxay haysaa in ka badan celceliska xogta isticmaalayaasha^{(Keeps more than the average data on users)}

Wire waa abka fariimaha gaarka ah ee loo suuqgeeyay sidii goob isgaarsiineed oo sugan ka hor wax kasta oo kale. Waxaa xusid mudan in Linux laga heli karo marka lagu daro nidaamyada hawlgalka mobilada ee waaweyn, Windows , macOS, iyo daalacashada webka.

Siligu^(Wire) wuxuu kuu ogolaanayaa inaad si ammaan ah ugu sheekeysato koox ahaan iyo sidoo kale si gaar ah. Waxay adeegsataa sir-dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta ku salaysan borotokoolka Signal -ka. ^(Signal)Siliggu^(Wire) waxa uu ku bilaabmay koodka isha oo xidhan, laakiin koodka waxa uu ahaa mid furan muddo ka dib.

Wire waxa uu ku guulaystay abaal-marinno loogu talagalay fududaynta isticmaalka iyo amniga, laakiin waxa jiray walaac sannadihii u dambeeyay. Shirkaddu waxay ka guurtay Luxembourg una guurtay USA , taas oo kor u qaaday welwelka ku saabsan isbeddelada sharciga sirta ah marka ay timaado xogta isticmaalaha. Waxa kale oo ay caddaatay in Wire -ku uu kaydiyo diiwaannada isticmaaleyaasha, si ay u macnayso in uu ka caawiyo isku-dubbaridka aaladaha badan.

Hadda, Wire ayaa wali loo arkaa mid ka mid ah barnaamijyada fariimaha gaarka ah ee aadka u dhibka badan, mana jirto calaamad muujinaysa in isticmaalayaashu ay iska ilaalinayaan. Weli, marka la eego isbeddellada ganacsi ee socda, waxaan kugula talineynaa in isha lagu hayo isbedel kasta oo siyaasadda sirta ah.

10. Viber ( Android & iOS )

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Degdeg ah, isticmaalka weyn^{(Fast, great usability)}
• Nabadgelyo karti leh^{(Competent security)}

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Dhammaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka sirta ah ee kaliya ee wada sheekaysiga keli ah^{(End-to-end encryption only for single chats)}

Viber waa barnaamij kale oo Messenger kaas oo ^(Viber)Linux ku daraya liiska nidaamyada hawlgalka ee ku habboon. Marka la eego sirta iyo amniga, waa meesha ugu liidata ee xulashada halkan, laakiin appku wuxuu bixiyaa sirta dhamaadka-ilaa-dhamaadka ee wada sheekaysiga hal-ka-mid ah. Ammaankeeda waxaa dibeda u eegay Ernst^(Ernst) & Young . Inkasta oo hab-maamuuska sirta ah aan si faahfaahsan loo daabicin, shirkaddu waxa ay ku tilmaantay iyada oo adeegsanaysa fikrado la mid ah kan Xeerka Signal-^{(Signal Protocol)} ka .

In kasta oo amniga shirkadu uu ku jiro oo keliya badhtamaha xirmada, isticmaaleyaasha Viber waxay u muuqdaan inay jecel yihiin software-ka. Waa app-ka ugu caansan ee noociisa ah gudaha Ukraine . Iyada oo ku dhawaad ​​16 milyan la soo dejistay Google Play Store^{(Google Play Store)} oo keliya, waxaa jira wax app-kan wada sheekaysiga ee madadaalo badan leh.

Aan wada hadal gaar ah yeelano

Taasi waa liiskayada fariimaha fariimaha ammaansan ee ugu wanaagsan, laakiin ma aha mid dhammaystiran. Marka ay sirnimadu noqoto mawduuc ka sii kulul oo dood ah, waxaad filan kartaa in App Store iyo Play Store ay urursadaan apps iyo in ka badan oo diirada saaraya in aad wada sheekaysigaaga gaar u ahaato. 

Aaladeena mobiladu hadda waa qayb udub dhexaad u ah nolosheena oo ay tahay inaad sameyso nooc ka mid ah xulasho marka ay timaado fariimaha gaarka ah iyo kuwa aaminka ah. Qiimee rabitaanka cuntada ee khatarta ah, go'aanso inta xog ah ee aad diyaar u tahay inaad la wadaagto shirkadaha, ka dibna ka dooro abka oo u dhigma midka ugu habboon ee aad doorbidayso. Sida Gandalf uu yidhi, " Sirta u dhig^(Keep) , ilaali!".

The 10 Best Chat Apps for Privacy and Security (2022)

Privacy and security are a bone of contention in modern internet technolоgy. There’s always the possibility that the government or a hacker might be listening or even watching уou through your internet сonnection or а public Wi-Fi hot spot. This fear is perhaps present in its most serious form when it comes to chat apps.

Messaging apps have become a crucial form of communication for billions of people worldwide. They’re used in casual discussions about grocery shopping to highly-private information about our personal lives. If you’re looking for a chat app that offers the most privacy, this list of the best chat apps for privacy and security should help you find the right secure app for your needs.

What Makes a Chat App Private and Secure?

There’s no such thing as perfect cybersecurity. Most locks can be broken with enough time, money, and technological advancement. So when we talk about something “secure,” it means that it’s too expensive or difficult to bother trying to crack it.

When it comes to chat apps, there are a few aspects of the software that helps to secure your communications.

Apps can encrypt your data on the device itself. This is in addition to any device encryption provided by your phone or other devices.

Next, if you want to keep things secure, your app should only keep local copies of your data. That means no copies of your actual messages or logs of your activity exist on servers, even if the content is encrypted! You may also want the option for self-destructing messages that are permanently deleted after they’ve been read.

Not all apps offer these hardcore security features, but one feature that all secure chat apps should have is end-to-end encryption. This is a method of encrypting your message content where the service provider can’t see what’s being said. The encryption keys are generated on the devices of the chat participants. End-to-end encryption also means that anyone who intercepts your chats won’t be able to read them.

You may also want to opt for a chat app that’s open source. This means that anyone can inspect the app’s source code. That makes it almost impossible for “back doors” to be hidden in the code, which would allow the app provider or government officials to bypass the app’s security.

What matters the most is choosing the app with the right level of security for your needs. 

1. WhatsApp (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Almost everyone is on WhatsApp
• Easy to use, well-designed
• Great choice of media sharing options
• End-to-end encryption

Cons

• Shares data with FaceBook parent company
• Data collection is linked to your device ID and identity

WhatsApp is the most popular chat app globally and has become so ubiquitous that businesses even list a WhatsApp number on their official pages.

WhatsApp is easy to use and incredibly versatile. It offers the expected text chat functionality and a great group chat option for families, organizations, and friend groups. 

You can share voice messages and use file-sharing features from within the app. Your phone number is your unique link to your WhatsApp profile, and you can make VOIP (voice over IP) calls and video calls from one interface. These encrypted voice calls consume data but not airtime.

WhatsApp has strong end-to-end encryption, which means neither WhatsApp nor anyone outside of your chat can know what’s being said. However, there is a catch. Since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook (now Meta), its privacy policy has changed to allow data harvesting and sharing of WhatsApp users with Facebook. 

So we can describe WhatsApp as a secure messaging app, but perhaps not the most private one. WhatsApps massive popularity means that you’ll probably have to use it but carefully read through the privacy policy to ensure you’re comfortable with what’s being shared with their corporate overlords.

2. Facebook Messenger (Android & iOS)

Pros

• End-to-end Encryption (in Secret Conversations)
• Optional biometric security
• Funky chat environment with lots of hip features
• Large user base.

Cons

• Encryption must be activated for text messages manually
• Facebook data sharing remains a privacy concern.

Sticking with Facebook, for the time being, the next app worth considering is Facebook Messenger. Messenger is the messaging platform used by Facebook, Instagram, and Portal at the time of writing. Oculus Quest will be brought into the fold soon as well.

Like WhatsApp, Messenger offers end-to-end encryption. Unlike WhatsApp, you have to activate the feature manually using the “Secret Conversation” option. Voice and video chat are, however, always encrypted.

Messenger scores low on privacy for the same reason as WhatsApp. Some of your information is being harvested by the company, and you should read their policies to understand how and why this is being done. It doesn’t score as high as WhatsApp on security either, simply because end-to-end encryption is opt-in at the moment.

3. Apple iMessage (Built-in to iOS & macOS)

Pros

• Fantastic integration across your Apple devices
• A much more secure alternative to SMS

Cons

• iCloud backup introduces encryption vulnerabilities
• You can only chat with other Apple users

If you own an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or a Mac, you already have iMessage installed on your device. This is Apple’s in-house messaging system, and it’s been wildly popular with Apple customers almost from the start.

The big downside of iMessage is that it can only be used between Apple devices since that’s integral to how its end-to-end encryption works. Another possibly serious issue is that the iCloud backup feature for devices like the iPhone stores your device’s encryption key on its servers. 

That makes it technically possible for someone to decrypt your messages by getting the key from the backup. Luckily you can disable iCloud Backup and wait for the data to be deleted after 180 days, after which the old key will be invalid anyway. That’s only if you’re paranoid, but your in-transit messages are always protected.

As a messenger app, iMessage has tons of neat features, such as screen effects for specific messages, stickers, Memoji, Animoji, GIF search integration, and more. As long as everyone you want to talk to is also a part of the Apple fan club, iMessage remains a fantastic chat app.

4. Signal Private Messenger (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Highly-secure
• No corporate interest
• Open source code

Cons

• Not as polished as mainstream mega chat apps
• Network performance isn’t always great

When people think of encrypted messaging apps, Signal is undoubtedly one of the first names that pop up. That’s because this app is firmly centered around privacy and security. It’s the app that Edward Snowden uses!

Signal can send one-to-one messages, group messages, share files, share voice notes, images, videos, and make video and voice calls. It’s a full-featured chat app with hardcore encryption and privacy standards. 

The downside of Signal is that some users complain that messages take a long time to send and that server performance isn’t always excellent. 

5. Telegram (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Better privacy policy than WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger
• Great features, such as uncompressed image sharing
• All messages are encrypted in transit

Cons

• End-to-end encryption needs manual activation

If Signal is the hardcore privacy messaging service, Telegram would be medium-core. It’s more privacy-focused than WhatsApp but not as uncompromising as Signal.

On balance, this is the app that we like using as a good middle-ground between the two ends of the secure instant messaging world. One area where Telegram does come short compared to WhatsApp is in the end-to-end encryption department. While all Telegram messages are encrypted, only “Secret Chats” are encrypted end-to-end. In this way, Telegram is like Facebook Messenger.

If you remember to mark sensitive chats as secret chats, you’ll get the best of both worlds. Your privacy won’t be as open to corporate greed compared to social media messaging apps. Telegram also has a great Windows and macOS client that does a better job than the WhatsApp desktop client, in our opinion.

6. Wickr Me (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Independently audited
• Strong encryption practices
• Allows for forward-security in case your keys are stolen

Cons

• Closed source
• The CIA is an investor

Wickr was founded back in 2012 and is a pioneer when it comes to secure messaging apps, long before it was cool or topical. One of its key features at launch on iOS was the ability to set an expiration date, superficially similar to the (slightly older) Snapchat, which deletes messages after a day.

The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) scored Wickr highly in 2015 for its encryption practices, the ability to secure past communication if your keys were stolen. Wickr’s weak spots come down to being closed source and being a little vague in its technical documentation. 

However, Wickr has not released a white paper detailing its encryption protocol. What might be slightly worrying is that the CIA is an investor in the company.

7. Threema (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Open-source
• Built from the ground up to be private and anonymous
• Swiss servers are legally protected

Cons

• It’s not free
• Limited user base

Threema stands out from the crowd by being one of the few messaging apps that costs money. It’s only $3.99 to get the app, but that’s steep in the world of mobile apps.

The app itself is open-source, which is a security plus point. The money you pay is another assurance that your data isn’t being sold since you are funding the service directly.

Threema is based on “privacy by design” principles. One example is that you don’t need to provide a phone number or some other identifiable information like WhatsApp or Telegram.

Threema’s servers are in Switzerland, which means that your data benefits from that country’s strict privacy laws. Essentially Threema will never have to provide user information to foreign governments for any reason.

8. Skype (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Great performance and features
• Massive user base
• Available on almost every platform

Cons

• Slowly being phased out in favor of Microsoft Teams
• End-to-end encryption requires manual activation

Skype is another mega-popular chat application backed by a major software company in the form of Microsoft. The software has been around for years, and at this point, it’s pretty stuffed with features, including the ability to make phone calls to regular phone numbers. For a price, of course! Just choose someone from your contact list, pick your mode of communication and start chatting away.

Skype has excellent integration with other Microsoft products, but lately, Microsoft has been giving more attention to its Teams platform, which contains Skype DNA. So as time goes by, Skype might start languishing on the back-burner. You should also know that although everything is encrypted, you’ll have to create a private chat manually if you want end-to-end encryption.

9. Wire (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Open-source privacy app with great encryption technology
• Lauded for ease of use

Cons

• Now based in the USA
• Keeps more than the average data on users

Wire is a private messaging app marketed as a secure communication platform before anything else. It’s notable for being available on Linux in addition to the major mobile operating systems, Windows, macOS, and web browsers.

Wire lets you chat securely in groups as well as individually. It uses end-to-end encryption based on the Signal protocol. Wire started with its source code closed off, but the code has been open-sourced over time.

Wire has won awards for ease of use and security, but there have been some concerns in recent years. The company moved from Luxembourg to the USA, which has raised concerns about privacy law changes when it comes to user data. It’s also become apparent that Wire keeps records on users, ostensibly to help with multi-device syncing.

For now, Wire is still considered one of the heavy-hitter private messaging apps, and there’s no indication that users should avoid it. Still, given the business changes that are going on, we advise keeping an eye on any privacy policy changes.

10. Viber (Android & iOS)

Pros

• Fast, great usability
• Competent security

Cons

• End-to-end encryption only for single chats

Viber is another messenger app that adds Linux to its list of compatible operating systems. Regarding privacy and security, it’s at the weaker end of the selection here, but the app does offer end-to-end encryption for one-on-one chats. Its safety has been audited externally by Ernst & Young. Although its encryption protocol hasn’t been published in detail, the company has described it using the same concepts as the Signal Protocol.

While this company’s security is only in the middle of the pack, Viber users seem to love the software. It’s by far the most popular app of its kind in Ukraine. With nearly 16 million downloads in the Google Play Store alone, there’s something to this funky chat app.

Let’s Have a Private Chat

That’s our list of the best secure messaging apps, but it’s hardly exhaustive. As privacy becomes an even hotter topic of discussion, you can expect the App Store and Play Store to accumulate more and more apps focused on keeping your chats private. 

Our mobile devices are now such a central part of our lives that you’ll have to make some sort of choice when it comes to private and secure messaging. Assess your risk appetite, decide how much data you’re willing to share with corporations, and then pick the app with the best match to your preferences. As Gandalf said, “Keep it secret, keep it safe!”.

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