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An information security company has created a tool that can prevent network eavesdropping on online private messages.
MindedSecurity recently developed Shhlack—an extension designed to encrypt private messages sent on the popular workplace messaging app called Slack. Currently, Slack enables employers to access data exchanged on the app. However, the new privacy tool negates this privilege.
To be able to use Shhlack, users must create and exchange a secret code. However, it is ideal to share this code offline to ensure security. The secret messaging can begin once users have clicked on a lock icon beside Slack’s dialogue box.
Slack users with no access to the correct password will not be able to see private messages clearly. Instead, these users will see chats only in unrecognizable text.
Despite the tool’s great features, MindedSecurity chief technology officer Stefano Di Paola clarified that Shhlack is currently in its trial stage and will not be available anytime soon.
Aside from MindedSecurity, software developer Open Whisper Systems also devised a way to secure private messages by developing an app called Signal Private Messenger. The app works in a similar fashion as other messaging programs, but it is better known for its strong encryption that disables third-party access to private exchanges. Like the Shhlack tool, Signal requires a code to view messages in order to ensure that only the receiver can read them. It also operates under a license that requires experts to test it to guarantee that it lives up to the security it promised.