Seeing as we do a huge amount of our communicating via messaging services these days, it's important to know what information we giving out, and to whom.
There are many messaging apps that bill themselves as being "private", but which ones actually are?

We dig into Whatsapp, iMessage, Telegram, Signal, Session, Threema, Wire, and Matrix to tell you what's what. (TLDR: Not all of these "privacy apps" are actually private!!!)

00:00 What to look for in a Private Messaging App
00:55 WhatsApp
02:17 Telegram
04:32 Apple's iMessage
06:02 Signal
09:52 Session
10:17 Threema
10:57 Matrix
11:47 Wickr
11:51 Wire
12:44 Conclusions

Written by Reuben Yap, C. Edward Kelso, and Naomi Brockwell
Special thanks to Kieran Mesquita and Andy for their help with research
Edited by Lee Rennie

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Recommended Books:

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden
https://amzn.to/305negc

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald
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What has the government done to our money - Rothbard
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Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076

USB-C to ethernet adapter:
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Lightening to ethernet adapter:
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Faraday bag wallet (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, and phone)
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Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)
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Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe!)
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Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data)
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Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing)
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Privacy Tip: Don't use wifi, and if you must, append the tag ‘_nomap’ or ‘_optout’ to your SSID to stop other websites tracking your location.