Remove the ‘Oops’ When Sending Emails

Encrypted messaging app SafeSwiss is doing away with email attachments being sent to the wrong person, with its advanced new ‘push-to-delete’ feature allowing users to securely delete sent messages (along with pictures, documents and videos) from both a sender’s and recipient’s devices.

The new push-to-delete functionality is one of a string of new features that have been rolled out in the latest update of the SafeSwiss secure messaging app for iOS and Android, further extending its functionality lead over less secure competitors like WICKR, Signal and WhatsApp.

The new feature does away with the embarrassment and business risks associated with accidentally sending an attachment or file to the wrong person, implemented in a super-secure mobile messaging environment.

Along with deleting files across both devices, users can also opt to delete the message or file on their device, allowing the recipient to continue viewing the message. The new delete functionality is in addition to the existing timed delete feature.

The SafeSwiss platform’s robust security and privacy is based on ephemeral messaging using cutting-edge end-to-end (E2E) elliptic curve cryptography encryption, meaning messages can only be decrypted by the sender’s or recipient’s devices in both one-to-one and group communications.

And unlike its competitors, on SafeSwiss delete really means delete.
The update also brings the ability to lock and unlock your account without a PIN, straight from the home screen. There’s also a new dropdown media management box, showing a date-stamped list of every media file sent to a recipient.

SafeSwiss stands apart from competitors because it offers complete end-to-end encryption that is far more robust than any other platform available in the market today.

In addition, users also have peace of mind that the primary servers used by SafeSwiss are in Zurich, Switzerland, which has some of the world’s strictest privacy protections. This means the service is beyond the legal reach of backdoor decryption demands of the Australian government.

To further protect users’ privacy, SafeSwiss does not require users to hand over personal details such as email addresses, phone numbers or even have a SIM card in order to set up an account.

SafeSwiss also supports secure peer-to-peer (P2P) voice calls and group voice conference calls, along with many other features including file transfers.

SafeSwiss CEO Tim Gallagher said: “Emails with attachments being sent to the wrong person is a common cause of embarrassment. It can also lead to sensitive business information leaking to competitors, cybercriminals or the media.

“This new press-to-delete functionality, on top of our existing timed delete feature, gives users more control over their messages than ever before.
“SafeSwiss already leads the market in end-to-end (E2E) elliptic curve cryptography encryption for mobile messaging and VoIP apps. This update proves we’re not resting on our laurels.

“We all come to expect privacy in our daily life this should also extend to our digital life, SafeSwiss™ certainly goes a long way in minimising your digital footprint.
“Creating a new SafeSwiss account is easy. Users can select their own unique SafeSwiss™ ID, without handing over personal details such as email addresses or phone numbers, and a SIM card isn’t required either. This closes off several well-documented vulnerabilities tied to email and phone authentication, the kind some of our competitors still struggle with.”