Wickr Me

No matter what you do on the Internet, you can never say your are secure, unless you look for some kind of solution. If you want to make sure your messages and the files you exchange won't be intercepted, Wickr Me can offer the protection you need. Security is the main focus of this instant messenger. It does everything possible to protect your privacy, including burning messages. You can actually feel save when you communicate with this application.

Wickr Me is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and it also comes as a mobile app, for iOS and Android. Downloading and installing the application is quite easy and it shouldn't take up too much of your time. It doesn't ask for any special tools or services and you don't have to sacrifice a significant amount of resources.

The familiar design of the user interface allows you to get started right away, without spending too much time looking for the controls you need. The layout is similar to that of other popular chat applications, like Skype. Conversations are listed on the left side of the window and you can chat with people in the larger area on the right.

When you wish to chat with someone, you can search for the person by simply typing in their name or email. Conversations go as you might expect. You can exchange text messages and files and you can also make voice and video calls.

Though the messaging system itself isn't too much to write home about, the software's security measures are definitely worth mentioning. First of all, Wickr Me can automatically "burn" read messages after a period of your choice. You can set it to do so after a few seconds, hours or days. Additionally, conversations can be set to expire after a few days. This way, you can be sure that any important information or documents you have passed to other people will disappear forever.

Wickr Me comes with other security measures as well. For example, you can set up a key verification video. This involves recording a short private video with you reading a aseries of words as they appear on the screen. It also involves watching a contacts video and confirming the identity of each person. This makes other measures, like the Wickr Me's powerful end-to-end encryption seem trivial.

Wickr Me's advanced functionality allows you to communicate and exchange sensitive information or files, without having to worry about security for one second.