Why I Use Disappearing Messages

In today’s digital world, nothing is truly secure. Imagine waking up to find that a hacker had posted every conversation you’ve ever had online. We don't need to keep a permanent trail of all of our digital conversations, that could be hacked at any time, and there are deep psychological effects when we do so.

In this video, I make a case for using disappearing messages.

00:00 Imagine THIS Nightmare
01:48 Your Messages Are At Risk
03:14 Damage of Exposure
06:39 Psychological Impact
08:28 How to Set Up Disappearing Messages
09:04 Signal
09:30 Whatsapp
09:45 Facebook Messenger
09:58 Telegram
11:08 Session
11:42 Protonmail
12:44 Tips and Best Practices
14:53 Conclusion

Whether we’re safeguarding sensitive information, limiting our exposure, or simply reducing the clutter of our digital lives, turning on disappearing messages is a small change with significant impact. Disappearing messages are a great tool in your privacy toolbox for this increasingly permanent digital age.

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Recommended Books:

Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard

Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read)

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald

Some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)

Camera tape (electrical tape is the best tape for covering phone and computer cameras)

USB-C to ethernet adapter:

Privacy Screens (use your phone and computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Computer: (Search for the size right for your computer)

Phone: (Search for the size for your phone, decide whether you want glass or plastic!)

[beachbumsailordude]

I would NOT trust META to delete my messages. Great video Naomi!

[hudsonfrank]

Peopel thought I was crazy trying to be extra secure online and now people are finally seeing why 10 yrs later. Just because you wish to have privacy does not mean you are up to no good. That's what a lot of places do not understand.

[uu-ei]

The false sense of security needs to be stressed more to users wanting to use this feature. It's a handy feature, but it does NOT guarantee that the message isn't saved by another means. This type of feature is great for stopping mass automated storing of messages, but if you're sending messages to someone who may not be fully trustworthy, they can still store the whole convo. As long as the user goes forward knowing that, then it's fine. (not talking about any service in particular and yes I get that some services store everything local, but the user should understand exactly how a feature can fall short, to not get a false sense of security)

[greg]

You just killed it on Al Jazeera English Naomi! Thank you for being the voice of reason and fighting for the people and freedom of speech!

[jeffreyrh]

Assume nothing is private. Because it probably is not.

[pythonuser]

Naomi: Why I Use Disappearing Messages

Me: Why I Don't Use Disappearing Messages
Me: Short Memory

[businessreform]

Excellent video! This is something I had not thought much about before so I am glad you brought it to my attention.

[vulpo]

This is a brilliant analysis of the current situation and its dire implications. I wish everyone could see this video.

[dezmondwhitney]

This is an Excellent Video. It has brought hitherto, unknown issues to my attention and offered straightforward and workable solutions to myself and many others.

[Adam_Lyskawa]

The only way to stay safe is NOT TO TELL anything sensitive online. Ever. There are IRL, direct conversations for this. I'm aware that anything I send online might become public and there's no way to prevent it 100%. It's like with car accidents. We drive carefully, safely, we do everything we can for the safety yet - we still have to have insurance. Because accidents happen. Private messages will eventually leak.

[donningarmour]

I'd love to see collaboration between the privacy enthusiasts. Have you considered contacting other channels such as Rob Braxman Tech, The Hated One, etc? The AI/NPU tidal wave is a tren injection to the strong arm of surveillance. People need your informative channels now more than ever. You have my subscription. Keep up the good work!

[ДианДимитров-ин]

I came across your channel by chance and I absolutely love it! Thank you that you exist!

I would love to see a video dedicated to the following issue - as someone who is privacy conscious, I have decided to gradually implement what I've learn from your videos. However, I'm haunted by a nagging feeling that I've already shared too much about my life online - contacts, location, patterns, photos, texts, videos, etc.

As far as I know, it is impossible to remove such information from the internet (I don't believe the companies who make such promises) and for me it's an actual concern/regret, as well as an excuse not to take any steps, i.e. "If they already have everything about me, why bother?!"

What damage does irremovable past data do?

Why is it still worth to set up your systems for privacy?

May the Force be with you!

[natemarx]

Friday is a nothing burger without the greatest Australian of all time uploading a gem.

[LibertarianGalt]

The police legally can't force you to give up your passwords but they can legally take biometrics without consent.

[stealthhunter]

Discord is really bad for this sorta stuff, it’s why I’d never msg anything in it that isn’t just straight up related to the discord channel (aka tv/games). They should really add a way to delete all ur msgs or something of the like in it.

[travelroundvideos]

Thank you ❤ for your knowledge of privacy.🇮🇳💕

[LeonEdwinsHeart]

Liked, commented, and shared. Thank you, Naomi!

[steve-.-monroe]

Naomi failed to mention disappearing messages are ONLY deleted on your device(s), not on the service providers storage in many cases. A deeper dive into this issue would be useful.

[AshGreen]

I imagine using Google messeges even if the messages disappear, Google probably still keeps them

Actually I don't even think they give you the option

[bubbles.stu]

That philosophy part is interesting. I have a conflict between open sharing as beneficial and also harmful. I feel like until the creepers stop creeping, I'm going to be cautious.