Encryption Methods and Comparison of Popular Chat Applications

Year 2021, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 52 - 59, 05.09.2021

Muhammed Burak Kılıç

Abstract

In each period experienced in communication, as was the case in many areas of the peculiar and exceptionally experienced security problems brought by the era and continues to be experienced. However, in today's global world, this problem is accelerating day by day and increasing exponentially. Many data (photographs, videos, sound recordings) that should be kept confidential based on individual or society have become the limits with the developing technology. The article aims to propose end-to-end encryption provided chat applications where user individuals can exchange private information securely. The list of needed to develop a secure chat application has been presented in the article.

Keywords

secure chat applications, end-to-end encryption, android messaging applications

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