The most popular means of delivering confidential information in the Russian Federation and the CIS is Telegram. But popular doesn't mean best, and it never hurts to consider other options. One of them is Signal Private Messenger Mac OS
Messenger Signal - unparalleled privacy
The creators have made maximum privacy a priority, and even reflected this in the name of their product. The program has an open source and is available for testing the degree of information security by all interested experts.
Signal was born as a means of communication for mobile platforms, and there its capabilities were fully manifested. So, for example, a call made using this messenger installed on a smartphone was hidden even from smartwatches paired with the same smartphone!
This is interesting. A huge advertisement for the messenger was inadvertently (although, who knows...) made by the notorious "most wanted man on Earth" Edward Snowden, who used the program for his secret negotiations, which he later reported on Twitter.
But the use of the Signal raised certain questions, as it required the installation of a special extension for the Chrome browser. Thus, the confidentiality of the transmitted information was made dependent on the security of the browser itself. Now the developers have eliminated this shortcoming by dropping support for the browser extension and releasing a standalone Signal application for Mac OS and Windows - for use on Apple and PC platforms, respectively.
Features and Installation
Signal Mac OS is designed for use on Apple's MacBook and iMac desktop platforms.
You can download it for free from the Apple AppStore. Installing it is very simple:
- First, make sure that any mobile gadget you own has the mobile version of the application installed and registered. This is required to activate Signal.
- If necessary, download the mobile version of the messenger from the Play Market (for Android) or iTunes (for OS), install and register it.
- Make sure that your device supports the program, it requires OS version 10.9 or earlier to work.
- Place Signal in the Applications folder. If you are not an administrator, open ~/Applications and place Signal in your user folder.
- Open the program and complete the installation by agreeing to the proposed terms of use.
- Launch and activate the messenger. To do this, open the application on your mobile device. Go to Settings and select Linked Devices. “Read” a unique QR code with the camera of a smartphone or tablet, which will display the messenger on the desktop screen when it is first launched.
That's it - enjoy the benefits of saving Signal Private Messenger information on your Mac OS device.
If at the beginning of the “zero” active Internet users mainly used only one or two instant messengers, then in recent years the situation has changed dramatically. Today, this figure has doubled or even tripled. Therefore, users have to “keep” several instant messengers at once to communicate with different people. An application called Franz can solve this problem.
Franz actually collects the windows of most popular instant messengers in one place. In total, the application supports about 20 different services, including Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Hangouts, Skype, HipChat, Slack, WeChat and others. Moreover, the authors constantly replenish this list.
Separately, it is worth noting that Franz allows you to use several accounts at once for the same messenger. For example, you can run five Skype windows, a couple of Google Hangouts and one Telegram.
Adapted chats look almost the same as in their "native" clients. But at the same time, the functionality of some services when using them through Franz is somewhat reduced. For example, in the case of Skype, users cannot make audio or video calls. But file sharing and text communication work great.
In fact, Franz provides users with convenient access to web versions of popular instant messengers. At the same time, collecting them all in one application and allowing you to customize the display of notifications.
You can download Franz for developers for free. The app is currently available on three major desktop platforms – Windows, OS X, and Linux.
MSN Messenger was perhaps the biggest striker in the world IM software for some time now, and this update adds a number of exciting new features designed to improve your chat experience.
Peculiarities
Add-ons to MSN Messenger include an interactive video conversation , wink- small animations that you can upload and send to your friends - and dynamic images that will change emotions based on the emoji you send.
Of course, all the features we've come to know (and in most cases, love) are still housed in MSN Messenger 7.5, such as the many emoticons, the ability to check and send Hotmail directly from the client, and a slick contact organizer.
The convenience of use
While the version of MSN Messenger has improved video chat and contains the ability to send SMS messages, we can't help but feel that Microsoft is lagging behind in terms of technology. For example, Skype allows you to perform most of the actions that MSN Messenger does, and also allows you to make and receive phone calls on your PC. You also have the longstanding issue of MSN taking over your customer as it is filled with more ads and a barrage of links to other areas of the MSN portal.
termination
Although there are many users of MSN Messenger, the program looks very outdated. No wonder Microsoft decided
The abundance of various social services forces many users who have a wide circle of friends to install dozens of instant messengers on their smartphones, tablets and computers. After all, each party has its own chat, group and, of course, an application for communication. And here comes the utility Franz, which allows you to combine most of the popular clients in one place.
In contact with
The first thing to deal with is supported services. After all, this is the basis for such programs. Franz works with dozens of popular services, but users from the CIS countries will be most interested in: Vkontakte, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Skype and ICQ.
The first time you open the app, you need to create an account.
And also choose a support plan (free is present).
Franz is essentially a browser in which each service is a web tab with an interface from the official page of each messenger.
After launching the application, we will be asked to select and "call" each tab of social services. Next, we go through an extremely simple authorization process, again from the web interfaces of the official pages of the services, and proceed to use.
New messages are displayed in tabs. There is a unique sound of incoming notifications, which can not be confused with anything. There is a badge with the number of missed messages on the icon of each service, which is very convenient.
One of the main positive aspects of Franz is the ability to add an unlimited number of accounts of the same service. This is really cool.
