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'''Various DMs''' | '''Various DMs''' | ||
* A {{w|Personal message|DM}} (direct message) is a private message between two or more users. The term DM originated from {{w|Twitter}}, but is now broadly applied to any user-to-user messaging feature within a larger service. | * A {{w|Personal message|DM}} (direct message) is a private message between two or more users. The term DM originated from {{w|Twitter}}, but is now broadly applied to any user-to-user messaging feature within a larger service. | ||
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+ | === Vaguely Modern & E2E Encrypted === | ||
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+ | '''Signal''' | ||
+ | *{{w|Signal (software)|Signal}} is an encrypted messaging service owned by the Signal Foundation a 501c3 nonprofit, popular among protesters and hackers who wish to remain anonymous. Signal allows for highly secure messaging and for messages to be deleted after a period of time. | ||
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+ | '''iMessage''' | ||
+ | *{{w|iMessage}} is the instant messaging service for Apple devices. iMessage features end-to-end encryption; however, it only works between Apple devices, so users of Android devices are not able to receive or send messages through iMessage. | ||
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+ | '''WhatsApp''' | ||
+ | *{{w|WhatsApp}} is a messaging service owned by Facebook. It has more than two billion users worldwide, according to the company's own information from February 2020. | ||
=== E2E Encrypted === | === E2E Encrypted === | ||
− | {{w|End-to-end encryption}} | + | {{w|End-to-end encryption}} is another messaging system where only the communicating users can read the messages posted. In principle, it prevents potential eavesdroppers – including {{w|telecom provider}}s, {{w|internet provider}}s, and even the provider of the communication service – from being able to access the {{w|cryptographic key}}s needed to decrypt the conversation. |
'''PGP Email''' | '''PGP Email''' | ||
− | *{{w|Pretty Good Privacy|PGP}} ("Pretty Good Privacy") is an encryption protocol for privacy and authentication developed in 1991. PGP can be used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting data. It is used to ensure the validity of the nature of the sender of the message (i.e., to make sure you got the email from the sender and not from someone else pretending to be someone else with malicious intent). PGP was featured in [[1181: PGP]]. | + | *{{w|Pretty Good Privacy|PGP}} ("Pretty Good Privacy") is an encryption protocol for privacy and authentication developed in 1991. PGP can be used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting data. It is used to ensure the validity of the nature of the sender of the message (i.e., to make sure you got the email from the sender and not from someone else pretending to be someone else with malicious intent). PGP was also featured in [[1181: PGP]]. |
'''Various Obscure Projects''' | '''Various Obscure Projects''' | ||
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'''XMPP''' ('''Jabber + TLS''') | '''XMPP''' ('''Jabber + TLS''') | ||
− | *{{w|XMPP}} (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), formerly named Jabber, is a communications protocol based on XML that was developed in 1999. The XMPP protocol could be used with {{w|Transport Layer Security}} (TLS) to have a secure communications service | + | *{{w|XMPP}} (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), formerly named Jabber, is a communications protocol based on XML that was developed in 1999. The XMPP protocol could be used with {{w|Transport Layer Security}} (TLS) to have a secure communications service. |
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− | + | :The first IM service based on XMPP was {{w|Jabber.org}}. | |
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− | + | :There are several XEPs (XMPP Extension Protocols). | |
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=== Supported By Everyone === | === Supported By Everyone === |