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Secure messaging is not rocket science. These days anyone can hire a freelancer to create a messaging app for less than $400. How secure that app will be depends on its design.

For example, start with a Webmail type solution hosted anywhere that is modified to encrypt the messages. Then create a ...

FYI of all the secure messaging services reviewed, Threema seems to come out on top, and yes they use unique user IDs instead of phone numbers or email. In fact it was Threema that was mentioned in the news about a recent drug ring arrest here in Australia.

But unique IDs are nothing new because ...

As a developer of security for web applications, I don't pay a lot of attention to the plethora of apps for private messaging on mobile phones. While private messaging may seem to be related to copy protection, it is not. In fact its userbase is totally different.

For example copy protection is the ...

What use are those search results to anyone?

The problem with Wiki sites is that articles are either contributed by people who have used similarly bad search results for their research or are sublimely trying to create a promotional backlinks. None of them have been written by anyone with ...

Looks like this topic has changed from "copy protection" to "reputation".

Keeping in mind that opposition to copy protection is a million to one (see above) then public opinion should have no weight at all when it comes to protecting one's livelihood.

That puts all social media platforms behind ...

Wikipedia and Stack Exchange claim that copy protection is an invasive waste of time

While these two sites rank highly for search results on most things, they are not authoritative for everything. For example:

Wikipedia is a collection of info provided by volunteers who are governed by strict ...

A common mistake is making the assumption that when reading online that the visitor does not download the document. This is a mistake made by newbies and also some developers.

In all cases, the document is downloaded and saved to the user's computers, because that is where it is read from. The ...

How does Guest Video compare with other file hosting services?

There are far too many file hosting services to compare, but they are mostly the same. The most popular ones that come to mind are Dropbox, Amazon and Vimeo which are actually 3 good examples of the different types of file hosting ...

We recently reviewed a lot of affiliate banners services, and quite frankly, wonder why anyone would use them?

And this also applies to social media platforms advertising promotional space on their pages.

What they all seem have in common:

They only do business one way - using their ad rotation ...

can we use ASPS like the Safeguard Media plugin does?

Yes. The Guest Video service provides copy protected hosting for media files and web pages .

With a Guest Video account you can create standalone web pages, that can then be embedded into your own web pages.

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