#In keybase app chat from being full

Might not be an issue for most people but still worth mentioning. You can only delete messages for everyone in a chat that have been sent no longer than 3 hours ago.Requires a mobile number for initial sign up.

Available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Password protection (App will require PIN or password to open, good if your devices gets into the wrong hands).

PIN Access ( you can set a PIN that is used to setup Signal on other/new devices).

Open Source Signal protocol (used by other messaging apps as well).

Option to send disappearing messages (with a timer).

Capable of doing group chats, SMS, voice and video calls, documents and picture messages.

My personal favorite for a number of reasons. I will make this sort of a top 5, starting with my personal favorite.

Support of Voice and Video calls as well as attachments.

The following criteria flows into the review and assessment of secure messaging services and apps, this might differ for some people, but i think this covers the most important must haves Also, is the app or its underlying encryption technology open source? Can the integrity of the individual endpoints be ensured even if the backend infrastructure may be in some form corrupted or ownership changes (keybase.io is an example for ownership change when Zoom bought it in 2020, but more about that later on.

When rating a secure messaging app, what do we look at? Well, personally, the first thing i look at is the ownership situation. Let's take the chance and have a look at the state of secure messaging, review some of the better known options, but also look at some of the lesser known and commercial options out there. Telegram has become a tool in that war for both sides.

#In keybase app chat from being full

a full blown Cyberwar is going on between the Ukraine and Russia.