Nowadays, chat software has become an important part of our lives, carrying most of our daily communication. However, with the frequent occurrence of online information leaks, our need for private chats has become more and more intense.
So, is there a way to chat that is "absolutely" private? This article will start from the needs of private chats and the leakage points of information leakage, ** how to achieve "absolutely" private chats.
First, think about it, why do we have private chats?
Private chats may be used for two purposes:
1. Personal privacy protection: We involve the sharing of some private content in the chat, as well as sensitive data such as personal information and property information. If this information is leaked, it will lead to serious consequences such as damage to reputation and property damage.
2. Protection of business secrets: As a part-time worker in the workplace, we may involve company secrets in our daily chats, such as business plans, customer information, etc. Once leaked, it will cause significant losses to the company.
So how do you make a private chat happen?
To achieve private chat, you must first understand how information is leaked during the chat.
In the course of our chat, there are three "leaks":
Device local: Chat data is peeked at or directly obtained when the device is out of control, resulting in the leakage of private information.
Transfer process: Chat data may be stolen by criminals during transmission.
Service Providers: The server is hacked or the security management is not in place, resulting in chat data leakage.
In other words, as long as the above three "leaks" are all solved, you can achieve "absolute" private chats.
The first point is usually solved by setting a device lock or an app lock.
Second, most chat apps on the market can solve the problem with secure transfer protocols and end-to-end encryption technology. The message is encrypted when it is sent and will not be decrypted until it is received by the other party, which effectively ensures the security of the chat content during transmission.
However, since our chats are based on the encryption implemented by the chat software operators, they have both our chat data and keys, and can read the content at any time, which does not solve the third problem. Therefore, in order to achieve "absolutely" private chats, it is necessary to realize the separation of chat data and keys on this basis.
To use an easy-to-understand analogy, all chat software service providers nowadays are like your mother, and chat software is like a diary with a lock. When you use the software, you leave a message in your diary. This diary was provided by my mother, and the information in it was also kept by my mother. Normally, your mom won't be able to read the contents of your diary because it's locked.
But the bug is that the key to the diary is also in my mother's. So, can you make sure that your private content is not seen by your mom? Data and key separation is the separation of the diary and the key, which can only be owned by the user himself, so as to ensure the "absolute" privacy of our chats.
Doesn't that sound complicated? Actually, it's very easy to achieve.
Chat on encrypted software, not to mention the security of data. Based on the ** chat function implemented by email, the chat content is encrypted throughout the process to ensure that only the sender and receiver can encrypt and decrypt the information content, which further improves the privacy of the chat content.
Private chat works with other features, whether it's sending and receiving private files, or scolding the boss behind your back, there's no fear at all!
Browse without a trace: Chats disappear automatically after reading to avoid leaving traces.
Flip to hide: We can flip the chat interface at any time to hide the chat content and prevent others from prying eyes.
Invasion capture: Automatically capture intruders when they detect that others are trying to view the chat, protecting our privacy.
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