Quick Hitter: Get on Signal
You should be on secure communications.
Apropos of nothing1, I recently decided that I no longer trusted WhatsApp for my end-to-end encyrpted messaging. My family, friends, and I have used that app for years, especially since I have some family who live overseas. By and large it’s been a great app for us.
Except it’s owned by Meta.
I realize that I may be paranoid, but being married to a Russian certainly rubs off after a while. Enter Signal,
Signal works almost exactly the same as WhatsApp. You create an account based on your phone number, invite friends, families, and other contacts, and start chatting.
The app is available for iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS and Linux2, is simple to get and use, and is secure. Here’s a pretty good little explanation of how to get started. If you are more of a video person, here you go:
Happy (secure) messaging!
(I am not in any way associated with, or compensated by, Signal. I just don’t trust Meta)
Take Care and Stay Strong
Yeah, right.
You will need to setup your account on your phone before being able to use it on a computer or iPad.