{"id":63989,"date":"2014-04-12T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=63989"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:45:33","slug":"comparison-messaging-apps-privacy-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/comparison-messaging-apps-privacy-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"How private are your favorite messaging apps?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The privacy<\/span> of messaging apps has been in the spotlight recently, and it seems like encrypting messages is not enough<\/span>. If anyone who has access to your phone or PIN can see your profile, or if the app can be opened without any additional code, your data<\/span> is at risk. Here, we compare WhatsApp, Telegram, BlackBerry Messenger, Snapchat, and Threema to see which is better at protecting the privacy of your instant messages.<\/p>\n

Table of contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1. Method<\/a><\/td>\n5. BBM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. WhatsApp<\/a> <\/td>\n6. Threema<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Snapchat<\/a><\/td>\n7. Comparison table<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Telegram<\/a><\/td>\n8. Conclusions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The features we analyzed<\/h3>\n

When talking about the privacy and security of messaging apps, some features tend to be ignored, <\/span>even though they’re just as important as the best encryption. One of them is knowing whether or not the message has been received; a question like “has she read it?<\/span>” can bother us more than the possibility of a hacker.<\/p>\n

We considered the security and privacy features that users value the most when sending messages, and these are the parameters<\/span> we finally chose for comparison:<\/p>\n