{"id":23109,"date":"2016-03-17T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T20:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23109"},"modified":"2019-12-24T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T21:28:50","slug":"security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/17\/security\/","title":{"rendered":"Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2791,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/gpgtools.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260224153234\\\/https:\\\/\\\/gpgtools.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 11:30:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:07:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 07:28:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 07:28:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2792,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ipgmail.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260224123848\\\/https:\\\/\\\/ipgmail.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 11:30:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:40:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:08:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:08:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2793,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/signal.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260305113501\\\/https:\\\/\\\/signal.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:40:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:08:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:08:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2794,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/telegram.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260305032505\\\/https:\\\/\\\/telegram.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:40:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:07:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:07:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>So, security and privacy have been in the news a lot lately, particularly with Apple\u2019s fight against the FBI over accessing data on an iPhone. This is something that I pay attention to, and try to make sure I have the option to do, not because I feel I\u2019m doing anything that needs to be hidden, but because I believe that personal privacy is important, and because I don\u2019t think the government (or Facebook, or Apple, or Google, or any other company) really needs to have unfettered access into my life.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m a little curious how many people I know actually take steps to protect their communications. I\u2019ve only seen a few people actually mention using overtly privacy-conscious applications, and though I have a few installed, since I don\u2019t know of that many other people that bother, they don\u2019t really get used all that much.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I\u2019m set up with at the moment, in case anyone\u2019s interested. I\u2019m also open to suggestions for other possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>For email, I have Apple Mail on my desktop computer set up to use PGP encryption (through the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpgtools.org\/\">GPG Tools<\/a> suite), and have <a href=\"https:\/\/ipgmail.com\/\">iPGMail<\/a> on my iPhone and iPad so that I can en\/de-crypt messages when mobile (it\u2019s a little kludgy, but workable).<\/p>\n<p>For messaging, I have both the <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\">Signal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/\">Telegram<\/a> messaging apps on my iPhone, both of which boast secure end-to-end encryption for chats. I can be reached through each of those via my phone number, which either you have, or can be asked for, since I tend not to post that entirely publicly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what I\u2019m set up with at the moment, in case anyone\u2019s interested. 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