Let’s say I have a phone and I send messages to friends, one through encrypted messaging, and one through un-(non?)encrypted messaging (do these even exist anymore?)
What makes the former more secure? How does one access the latter?
If someone has your phone password they are of equal security of course, but if they don’t then what protections does the encrypted service offer that the unencrypted one doesn’t?
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The protection the encrypted service offers that the unencrypted on doesn’t is… well… encryption.
A correctly implemented encryption service will ensure that only those with access to the phone can read the messages, not your phone company, not the people that run the app, not the person whose WiFi you’re on, not anyone else on the internet, etc.
Without encryption, you open yourself to any or all of those people being able to read the messages you’re sending.
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