Wickr

Wickr is a secure messaging application that is extremely safe for users who want their chat content or shared files to be peeked by 3rd parties.

Wickr chat application interface

On the market today there are many chat applications including popular chat applications such as Skype, Viber or Zalo. But even though they offer a lot of cool features (and that's why they are so popular), it's important to recognize that the security of these applications isn't high. This is because these applications do not use end-to-end encryption algorithms (also known as peer-to-peer) to ensure the content is readable only by the sender and receiver.

When you are not just chatting with your friends but want to chat content, as well as the files you share, you should choose safe solutions like Telegram or Confide and the application introduced today - Wickr. Compared to popular applications, they may offer fewer features, but in terms of security, you can rely on these options.

Wickr owns the installation process is as automatic and fast as Confide (although compared to Confide, it takes more to click on select Next), then create a free account and start a very simple chat. Although there is no feature to block screenshots or delete the message right after reading as Confide about the security level, you can still trust in Wickr.

The application installation options

Newly-received messages will be hidden by the padlock icon and hovered over (or touching on the touch device), the content will be displayed (you can choose the feature to automatically unlock the message as soon as it is received) want). Do not delete as Confide, Wickr users can choose the self-destruct time for the message . The default time is 24 hours.

Some manipulation with the list of friends in Wickr

The application supports searching for friends by email, phone or Wickr address

You can find the option to change the time for automatic message cancellation in settings. This item also offers the option to recover canceled messages, select a block list to block other Wickr users, display notifications for messages or automatically log out after a certain period of use (required). Enter the password to login again after this time is up).

Attached file formats are supported

Regarding the chat feature, besides sending regular text messages, users can send audio messages, take photos with the camera to send immediately or attach quite a lot of file formats. Wickr requires Windows 7 and above, with webcam support for video calls and audio devices for audio calls. The software also requires Dual Core CPU and 1GB RAM.

Send voice messages to your friends

Main features of secure chat application Wickr

• Send a free message.
• Share files from device or from cloud.
• Send voice message.
• Share photos, videos to friends.
• All messages and shared files are encrypted.
• High security when encryption time is chosen by the user.
• Create group chats with family, friends, colleagues.
• Multi-platform operation.
• Wickr does not save user chat data.
• Multi-layer peer-to-peer encryption algorithm provides high security.
• Supported file formats include PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, MP4, PDF.

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