By its very nature, digital data remains one of the most difficult to keep secure and once someone has been granted (legally or illegally) access to a file at the very simple matter to delete, move, or copy its contents. This means a single security breach delivers the frightening opportunity to spread the sensitive contents of files to millions of unwanted destinations in milliseconds, an event that is simply impossible with any physical documents.
Unfortunately, this possibility is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future since ease of access and the manipulation of data within files is one of the key traits to the usability of all things digital. Security experts all remain in agreement that security for digital data should instead focus on the creation of impenetrable barriers to protect all sensitive data and those types seeking unwelcome and unauthorised access to prevent the unwanted event where a file leaves the control of its owner without their permission.
Most modern day data security comprises of barriers created by encryption levels, immaterial of whether the data would be stored on cloud, smartphones, or PCs at some stage you will depend on the protection afforded by data encryption despite the fact that you might be unaware of such measures.
As of late private encryption, levels have become a massive point of discussion in the media and a bone of contention between private citizens and the state. This, in turn, provides developers with the opportunity to create messaging apps offering genuine privacy that will, due to the media hype, quickly see their product noticed by all parties as setting themselves aside from the pack.
Wire is just such an instant messaging app that now enjoys the backing of Skype co-founder, Janus Friis. It is also the latest high-level encryption instant-messaging app offering true privacy to enter the media fray covering the state versus private citizen issue. With its headquarters based in Switzerland, Wire first launched during December 2014, has since its earliest beginnings offered fully encrypted voice calls.
This past Thursday the company announced its rollout of an end-to-end encryption capacity to cover all conversational content, including text messages, photos, sketches, and video calls. The company announced that Wire software will no longer contain any backdoors and holds no decryption keys, to effectively keep your data your own.