Secure Messaging

A split screen: on one side a Corgi at the beach looking at his smartphone displaying the Signal messaging app, on the other side a Corgi in a data center looking pensive and also looking at Signal on his smartphone.

End-to-End Encryption Was Removed From Instagram. Should You Care?

Instagram just killed its encrypted DMs. But here’s the real story: most people never had it turned on to begin with. If you care about keeping your conversations private, I’ll share which apps I recommend.

two individuals communicating using tin cans and strings, with a padlock and sheild on top of the string

How End-to-End Encryption Protects Your Messages and Where It Fails

You would think that for such an important concept as end-to-end encryption there’s be some agreement on exactly what it means. Sadly, not so. There’s the correct definition, and then there’s the marketing definition. One protects you, the other not so much.