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<aside> <img src="/icons/exclamation-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/exclamation-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> If you are in the temporarily occupied territory: • regularly delete the chat history (daily or after you confirm that confidential information has been received) • do not forget to set a timer so that the message is deleted after a certain time (if available).

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ONLINE MESSENGERS

  1. SIGNAL - account is linked to a phone number. Signal is considered to be significantly safer than Telegram.

Signal is a cross-platform centralized encrypted instant messaging service developed by the non-profit Signal Foundation and Signal Messenger LLC. Users can send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos.

Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

  1. TELEGRAM - account is linked to phone number. Group chats are not encrypted.

Security Concerns - Telegram

Try not to share any sensitive data, especially about people on the ground in Ukraine, through Telegram. If you absolutely have to do it, use a secret chat.

Telegram - a new era of messaging

  1. TELEGRAM

❗️Try not to share any sensitive data, especially about people on the ground in Ukraine, through Telegram. If you absolutely have to do it, use a secret chat.

Telegram - a new era of messaging

  1. ELEMENT

Element is a free and open-source software instant messaging client implementing the Matrix protocol. Element supports end-to-end encryption, groups and sharing of files between users. It is available as a web application, as desktop apps for all major operating systems and as a mobile app for Android and iOS.

Element | Secure collaboration and messaging