Secure Messaging Apps (Totem)

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Secure Messaging Apps (Totem)

Write, send, deliver: How to message more securely. Messaging apps have become a key communication tool. We share a large amount of personal and professional messages, pictures, videos and attachments through messaging apps, but rarely question who might have access to this content.

In your work you might want to protect your communication with colleagues, sources, or clients. In your personal life, you might want to protect the pictures you share with your family and friends.
And there are a lot of different messaging apps out there. How do you choose the ones that work for you? From a privacy and digital security perspective, there is no one-size-fits-all solution; it is all about making choices. Start the course and find out what works for you!

What will you learn?
You should walk away from this course knowing:

  • What secure messaging actually is
  • How to choose which secure messaging app is the best for you * How to activate security measures, including:

> End-to-end encryption
> Disappearing messages
Totem is an online platform that offers interactive courses to learn how to increase digital security and privacy. The optimal user experience is currently on your desktop computer. The aim is to support journalists, human rights defenders and activists use privacy tools and tactics more effectively in their work. Not a journalist? Don’t worry these courses should work for everyone.
Start today and learn how to protect yourself online.
Before you start this course, we recommend users to enroll in Totem course How the Internet works.

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