Encrypt messages - there are these possibilities

If you want to encrypt your chat messages, you have several options. We have all the information in this practical tip for you.

Encrypt messages - there are these possibilities

If you use different messengers and want to encrypt your messages, you have different options.

• The most common apps such as WhatsApp, Threema, Signal and Telegram offer app-side encryption. You only need to activate this encryption in the settings of the respective app.
• It is also important that you and your chat partner use the latest version of the app. This is the only way to guarantee encryption.
• Nevertheless, you should make sure that you only use the apps in familiar WiFi networks.
• In public networks it is possible to intercept the data and use it against you.
• If you are in a public WLAN, you should refrain from entering sensitive data.

We'll show you how to activate encryption in WhatsApp in the next practical tip.