Which chat applications share the most data?
Mobile chat rooms or chat applications have been under great scrutiny in recent years in terms of storing and protecting sensitive user data. However, in addition to defending against other road users or external attackers, there is another area that defines the (invasion of) privacy – whether and how well application operators comply with the authorities and security forces if they ask for any information. Perhaps the world’s most famous investigative institution, the US FBI, has leaked a document on the Internet that evaluates individual applications from this perspective.
The tabular overview contains nine mobile tools, among which we will not find Facebook Messenger, but for example iMessage, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram or Signal are not missing. The first two named are surprisingly almost the same level of sharingwhen the FBI seems to provide for example partial content of messages, allow users to be shaken and can also unlock contact lists for investigators. Due to recent media reports and statements, this is mainly the case for Apple and its iMessage tool a lot of unexpected news.
It is on the opposite pole, as expected Signal. He is said to show nothing at all and the only two parameters he is willing to share are when the user registered for the service and when he last logged in. It is in the imaginary second place in not sharing information Telegram, which also does not show any of the messages and, according to its own rules, provides the IP address and telephone number to the authorities if they request them in the fight against terrorism.
Do you judge chat applications by these features?
Source: pharena
