Safe confidential instant chat alternatives for free?
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Praised be Jesus Christ!
I'm humbly asking everyone's recommendations of safe confidential chat alternatives for free, which could be used by groups of conservative believers, with Zero tolerance for evil social media manipulations, personal data marketing, QR-code dependency, etc.
Many thanks,
Attila BAZSÓ-DOMBI
Greek Catholic Priest
Hungarian Volunteer Mission
Transylvania
"As a cyber security professional….and someone who is always paranoid, I never scan a QR code no matter where it is. I know it’s no way to live but seeing me scan a QR code is like hearing the pope say a curse word."
How QR Code Phishing Works
QR code phishing works just like any other phishing attack, but QR codes are more convenient, and there isn’t usually a link to look at. They are also more versatile and can be implemented anywhere around the world. You can find them on your favorite TV shows, commercials, news stations, businesses, and churches. Why would church communities be an attractive target—trusting environment?
There are often less tech-savvy individuals and a potential for high-value donations. There also isn’t any form of validation on the back of the pews that indicate the QR codes are the legitimate QR codes….Unless you scan one and find out for yourself. If this scenario was a plausible one, how would a cybercriminal achieve it? Have your communion juice and crackers, there will be a lot to confess later.
Unholy Intention
If a cybercriminal wanted to conduct a QR code phishing attack on a church, the first item they would need to do is reconnaissance and what the tactic would be. In this case, we will use a QR code phishing attack and attempt to steal credit card information. To be successful, they would need to research the church and what church members do when they give donations.
For this attack, the cybercriminal will do the following to orchestrate the attack.
Reconnaissance on how the church receives donations.
Clone the church website and the portion for giving.
Buy a domain that is similar to the church domain and host it on a VPS environment.
Write code to direct the payments to the cybercriminal.
Test
Attend church, and place QR codes on the back of the pews.
Wait and capture the credit card information.
Buy enough grace to get out of HELL….
“Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here”
Source:
Phishing in the Pews: The Hidden Dangers of QR …
What about Signal?
Can be used. I have them both. But
I am sure Threema is a way better (especially safer).
You don't need to have even a tel. number. You only need some device with which you can establish connection with internet.
Me neither. Threema is best. I've heard about Threema from a good traditional priest. But I use a signal too because of other friends who have only that app.
It can be. I am neither a big fan of any digital mumbo-jumbo, which my own eyes and mind can't see and/or understand. Simple is best.
But the thing is, once we're connected to some digital stuff (like internet) and want to use it, it's difficult to keep everything truly traditional.
I mean, if our enemy use certain things as weapon, we may be able to take this same type of weapon in defense against the enemy.
Praised be Lord!
I can cautiously recommend Threema. It's almost free, but it's worth a few euro's on a year basis.
Laudetur Jesu et Maria.