

Samsung notes that you won't be able to read it anywhere else.Īdditionally, the iPhone has a feature that can prevent outside forces like law enforcement or the government from using a USB device to tap into your phone and grab your unencrypted data. Know that once you encrypt the data, you're able to decrypt the data only on the same device.

To use this feature for text messages, download the Messages app for Android and move them there. If your personal phone is a Samsung, it offers a feature to encrypt data after it's been generated and have it stored on an external SD card for Galaxy phones. “Many of these have corporate spyware and can take screenshots of what you’re doing. “But you shouldn’t use a company device,” says Lee. Prying eyes: Why the government doesn't want Facebook to encrypt your messages So you want to turn to the phone and secure text messages You essentially turn it into gibberish and send a "digital key" to the recipient to unlock it and make it readable. That said, there are a handful of startups offering encrypted e-mail, including Switzerland-based Proton, while Microsoft offers the ability to encrypt Outlook (for paying subscribers), but it's complicated.
