The convenience of mobile chat services allows people to keep in touch with family, friends and groups at the touch of a button.

For many, phone calls seem to have become a secondary form of communication because of the speed and ease of using chat features such as Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:FB) WhatsApp, a global tool for staying connected.

But on the negative side, security and privacy seems to be an afterthought for most chat vehicles, especially privacy, when it comes to bigtech hosted platforms.  Some of the most susceptible are online services like Zoom Video Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:ZM), which The Hacker News says could be vulnerable to hackers just by sending a message on the system.

One of the biggest obstacles for chat services is ensuring that the only people who can read messages are the person for whom the message was intended. Perhaps a better way to secure these systems is to employ end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to prevent anyone from interloping in someone’s discussion.

Big data hacks can shut down everything from a large company to a home-based office and might take weeks or months to bring a system back to normal. And while hacking susceptibility can be the downfall of some tech messaging companies, it might also turn into a selling point for others.  

SekurMessenger may also eliminate several privacy and security risks by not requiring a phone number, which would divulge a user's phone device ID, and not social engineering a user's phone or computer contact list. This practice sometimes leads to infection of the contacts by default. The company believes this will protect a vulnerable segment of security and privacy. 

The goal for Sekur is to reach industry sectors including real estate, legal, finance, insurance, medical, government, energy, manufacturing, trade and pharmaceutical sectors, which all use proprietary information and need secure and private environments to conduct text conversations with employees and clients. 

Sekur has enabled devices in 19 countries (Switzerland, United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Spain, Serbia, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand) and reports that it plans to add more soon. 

For more information about Sekur Private Data Inc., visit www.sekurprivatedata.com. 

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