# Is it encrypted?

> Plain answers on who can read your data in everyday apps, part by part, checked at the company's own sources and dated. Made by Secria, which grades its own apps by the same rules.

Sealed means only you and the people you share with hold the keys. Encrypted on the way or at rest with company-held keys is not sealed.

## Chats and DMs

- [Signal](https://isitencrypted.com/signal/): Yes. Only you and the people you message can read your Signal chats and hear your calls, every time. Backups are optional and sealed with a key only you hold. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/signal.json)
- [iMessage](https://isitencrypted.com/imessage/): Yes. Only you and the people you message can read your iMessages. Your iCloud backup is the exception: Apple can open it unless you turn on Advanced Data Protection. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/imessage.json)
- [WhatsApp](https://isitencrypted.com/whatsapp/): Yes. Only you and the people you message can read your WhatsApp chats and calls. Backups are the exception: they're only sealed if you turn that on. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/whatsapp.json)
- [Messenger](https://isitencrypted.com/messenger/): Partly. One-to-one chats are sealed by default, so only you and the person you message can read them. Group chats aren't always: Meta says it is still switching chats over, and it hasn't said groups are sealed by default. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/messenger.json)
- [Telegram](https://isitencrypted.com/telegram/): Only if you turn on Secret Chats, which you start by hand for each person. Ordinary chats, groups and your chat history sit on Telegram's servers, where Telegram holds the keys. Calls are end-to-end encrypted by default. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/telegram.json)
- [Discord](https://isitencrypted.com/discord/): Partly. Since March 2026, only you and the people on the call can hear Discord voice and video calls. Discord can read your text messages, in DMs, group DMs and servers alike. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/discord.json)
- [Google Messages](https://isitencrypted.com/google-messages/): Partly. RCS chats between Google Messages users are end-to-end encrypted by default, and chats with iPhones started getting the same in a beta in May 2026. Texts that go as SMS or MMS are not sealed: your carrier can read them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-messages.json)
- [X](https://isitencrypted.com/x/): Only if you turn on Chat, and the person you message has too. X says it can't read those chats then. Message requests and anything you share with X's AI assistant are not sealed, and X doesn't say calls are. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/x.json)
- [Snapchat](https://isitencrypted.com/snapchat/): Partly. Snap's engineers said in 2019 that Snaps, the photos and videos you send to one friend, are end-to-end encrypted, but Snap's current pages don't repeat that. Snap doesn't say text chats, groups or calls are sealed, and Memories are sealed only in My Eyes Only. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/snapchat.json)
- [Instagram](https://isitencrypted.com/instagram/): No. Meta can read your Instagram DMs. Instagram stopped offering end-to-end encrypted chats on 8 May 2026. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/instagram.json)
- [Text messages (SMS)](https://isitencrypted.com/sms/): No. Your carrier can read your text messages, because plain SMS and MMS texts aren't end-to-end encrypted. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/sms.json)
- [TikTok](https://isitencrypted.com/tiktok/): No. TikTok can read your direct messages. It encrypts them on the way and on its servers, but it holds the keys, and in 2026 it said it won't add end-to-end encryption. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/tiktok.json)

## Email

- [Secria Mail](https://isitencrypted.com/secria-mail/): Yes. Mail between Secria users, and all mail stored in your mailbox, is sealed with a post-quantum key exchange. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/secria-mail.json)
- [Proton Mail](https://isitencrypted.com/proton-mail/): Yes. Only you and the people you write to can read mail between Proton users, and only you can read your stored mail. Subject lines aren't sealed, and mail to other services isn't sealed unless you add a password or the person uses PGP. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/proton-mail.json)
- [Gmail](https://isitencrypted.com/gmail/): No. Google can read your Gmail. It's encrypted on the way and on Google's servers, but Google holds the keys, and personal accounts can't change that. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/gmail.json)
- [iCloud Mail](https://isitencrypted.com/icloud-mail/): No. Apple can read your iCloud Mail, even with Advanced Data Protection on. Apple says this is because iCloud Mail has to work with the global email system. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/icloud-mail.json)
- [Outlook](https://isitencrypted.com/outlook/): No. Microsoft can read your Outlook.com email. The paid Encrypt option keeps a message inside Microsoft 365 and away from other providers, but readers open it with just a sign-in or passcode, so Microsoft can unlock it too. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/outlook.json)
- [Yahoo Mail](https://isitencrypted.com/yahoo-mail/): No. Yahoo can read your Yahoo Mail. Yahoo says its automated systems may analyze your mail as it's sent, received and stored, including to show you ads. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/yahoo-mail.json)

## Photos and files

- [iCloud](https://isitencrypted.com/icloud/): Only if you turn on Advanced Data Protection. Then only your own devices can unlock your iCloud photos, files and backups. Without it, Apple holds the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/icloud.json)
- [Dropbox](https://isitencrypted.com/dropbox/): No. Dropbox can read the files you keep in Dropbox. They're encrypted on the way and on Dropbox's servers, but Dropbox manages the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/dropbox.json)
- [Google Drive](https://isitencrypted.com/google-drive/): No. Google can read the files you keep in Google Drive. They're encrypted on the way and on Google's servers, but Google holds the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-drive.json)
- [Google Photos](https://isitencrypted.com/google-photos/): No. Google can see your Google Photos library. Your photos are encrypted on the way and on Google's servers, but Google holds the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-photos.json)
- [OneDrive](https://isitencrypted.com/onedrive/): No. Microsoft holds the keys to the files you keep in OneDrive, so it can read them. Personal Vault adds an extra sign-in step, not a key only you hold. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/onedrive.json)

## Calls and video

- [FaceTime](https://isitencrypted.com/facetime/): Yes. Only you and the people you call can see and hear your FaceTime calls, group calls included. If you record a FaceTime audio call, the recording is only sealed once you turn on Advanced Data Protection. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/facetime.json)
- [Zoom](https://isitencrypted.com/zoom/): Only if you turn on end-to-end encryption. By default, Zoom's servers make and hold the keys to your meetings. Cloud recordings and AI summaries only work with it off, and Zoom keeps them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/zoom.json)
- [Google Meet](https://isitencrypted.com/google-meet/): No. Google can read Meet meetings and recordings. One-to-one calls between personal accounts are the exception: they're sealed if you turn on Additional encryption before the call. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-meet.json)
- [Microsoft Teams](https://isitencrypted.com/microsoft-teams/): No. Microsoft can read calls, meetings and recordings on personal Teams accounts. End-to-end encryption is only for work and school accounts, when an admin allows it. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/microsoft-teams.json)
- [Phone calls](https://isitencrypted.com/phone-calls/): No. Normal phone calls are only encrypted between your phone and the cell network, so your carrier can listen. Carriers can also be ordered by a court to intercept calls. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/phone-calls.json)

## Browsers

- [Brave](https://isitencrypted.com/brave/): Yes. Only you can read what Brave Sync stores, because the key stays on your devices. Brave also upgrades sites to secure connections by default. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/brave.json)
- [Firefox](https://isitencrypted.com/firefox/): Yes. Only you can read the bookmarks, history, passwords and tabs Firefox Sync stores, because they're sealed before they leave your browser. Firefox also tries a secure connection to every site first. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/firefox.json)
- [Safari](https://isitencrypted.com/safari/): Yes. Only you can read the passwords, history and open tabs Safari syncs through iCloud. Bookmarks are the exception: they're only sealed if you turn on Advanced Data Protection. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/safari.json)
- [Chrome](https://isitencrypted.com/chrome/): Only if you set a sync passphrase. Chrome connects to sites securely by default, but Google holds the key to the passwords, history and bookmarks you sync. With your own passphrase, Google can't read them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/chrome.json)
- [Edge](https://isitencrypted.com/edge/): No. Microsoft can read the favorites, history and open tabs Edge syncs, and it doesn't say that only you hold the key to your synced passwords. Edge does connect to sites securely by default. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/edge.json)

## Password managers

- [1Password](https://isitencrypted.com/1password/): Yes. Only you can read your 1Password vaults, and only the people you share a vault or item with can read what you share. 1Password never has the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/1password.json)
- [Apple Passwords](https://isitencrypted.com/apple-passwords/): Yes. Only you can read the passwords you save in Apple's Passwords app, and only you and the people you share with can read shared ones. Apple says it can't see them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/apple-passwords.json)
- [Bitwarden](https://isitencrypted.com/bitwarden/): Yes. Only you can read your Bitwarden vault, and only the people you share with can read shared items. Bitwarden says its team can't see your passwords. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/bitwarden.json)
- [Google Password Manager](https://isitencrypted.com/google-password-manager/): Only if you turn on on-device encryption. By default, Google holds the key to your saved passwords. Once you set it up, only you can unlock them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-password-manager.json)

## Notes and docs

- [Apple Notes](https://isitencrypted.com/apple-notes/): Only if you turn on Advanced Data Protection or lock a note. Otherwise Apple holds the keys to the notes you keep in iCloud. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/apple-notes.json)
- [Microsoft Word](https://isitencrypted.com/microsoft-word/): Only if you turn on password encryption, one document at a time, in Word on Windows or Mac. Otherwise Microsoft can read the documents you save to OneDrive. A locked document can't be opened in a browser or edited together with others. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/microsoft-word.json)
- [Google Docs](https://isitencrypted.com/google-docs/): No. Google can read your Google Docs. They're encrypted on the way and on Google's servers, but Google holds the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-docs.json)
- [Google Keep](https://isitencrypted.com/google-keep/): No. Google can read your Google Keep notes. Keep has no way to lock a note with a key only you hold. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-keep.json)
- [Notion](https://isitencrypted.com/notion/): No. Notion can read your pages. They're encrypted on the way and on Notion's servers, but Notion holds the keys. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/notion.json)

## Calendars

- [Google Calendar](https://isitencrypted.com/google-calendar/): No. Google can read your Google Calendar events. They're stored with keys Google holds, and invites go out to guests as normal email. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-calendar.json)
- [iCloud Calendar](https://isitencrypted.com/icloud-calendar/): No. Apple can read your iCloud Calendar, even with Advanced Data Protection on. Invites go out to other people as normal email. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/icloud-calendar.json)
- [Outlook Calendar](https://isitencrypted.com/outlook-calendar/): No. Microsoft can read your Outlook calendar. Meeting invites go out as normal email, so your guests' providers can read them too. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/outlook-calendar.json)

## AI chats

- [ChatGPT](https://isitencrypted.com/chatgpt/): No. OpenAI can read your ChatGPT chats, files and voice chats, and authorized staff can look at them. You can stop training on your chats or use a temporary chat, but neither seals anything. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/chatgpt.json)
- [Copilot](https://isitencrypted.com/copilot/): No. Microsoft can read your Copilot chats, files and voice chats. Microsoft says the new Copilot app doesn't use them to train its foundation models, but they can shape the ads you see. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/copilot.json)
- [Gemini](https://isitencrypted.com/gemini/): No. Google can read your Gemini chats, and human reviewers read some of them. Turning off Keep Activity or using a temporary chat limits how chats are used, but neither seals anything. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/gemini.json)
- [Meta AI](https://isitencrypted.com/meta-ai/): No. Meta can read your regular chats with Meta AI and uses them to train its AI and tailor ads. Meta says it can't access Incognito chats, which run in Private Processing on its servers and are still rolling out. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/meta-ai.json)

## Cameras and speakers

- [Apple Home](https://isitencrypted.com/apple-home/): Partly. Only you and the people you share your home with can see your camera recordings and live views in Apple Home. Siri requests that go to Apple's servers aren't sealed, though Apple doesn't keep the audio unless you opt in. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/apple-home.json)
- [Ring](https://isitencrypted.com/ring/): Only if you turn on video end-to-end encryption. By default, Ring can unlock your videos to run its features. Its new TAKE mode, rolling out since September 2026, limits that to the first 24 hours and to times your app hands Ring a key, such as when you play a clip. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/ring.json)
- [Alexa](https://isitencrypted.com/alexa/): No. Everything you ask Alexa is sent to Amazon's cloud, and Amazon keeps the recording unless you choose not to save it. Calls and Drop Ins between Echo devices are the exception: Amazon says they're end-to-end encrypted by default. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/alexa.json)
- [Google Nest](https://isitencrypted.com/google-nest/): No. Google processes your Nest camera video and what you say to your Nest speakers on its own servers. Neither is end-to-end encrypted, as of 25 October 2026. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/google-nest.json)

## Dating apps

- [Bumble](https://isitencrypted.com/bumble/): No. Bumble chats and photos aren't end-to-end encrypted, and Bumble doesn't say its calls are. Its automated systems and moderators review messages, and its AI scans photos sent in chats. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/bumble.json)
- [Hinge](https://isitencrypted.com/hinge/): No. Hinge chats aren't end-to-end encrypted. Hinge scans them with automated tools, and its moderators can review them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/hinge.json)
- [Tinder](https://isitencrypted.com/tinder/): No. Tinder chats aren't end-to-end encrypted. Tinder says it scans them with automated tools, and its staff can review them. (checked 2026-10-25; data: https://isitencrypted.com/data/tinder.json)

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