The Pros and Cons of a Self-Hosted Encrypted Chat Server
The world of business communication has changed dramatically in the last decade, and it shows no signs of slowing down. That’s why some businesses are choosing to bypass the traditional solutions of SaaS chat solutions like Troop Messenger , Slack, HipChat, and Yammer and deploy their own on-premise chat server instead. In this article, we’ll talk about both the advantages and disadvantages of such a decision and help you decide if it’s right for your company. The present day chat platforms have proven themselves to be an important part of our daily routine. This is due to their easy accessibility which makes them so popular. The most common platforms are Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, Viber, Skype etc. These chat applications use insecure methods for exchanging messages such as username & password or plain text data transferred over internet using https protocol but still aren’t secure due to man in middle attacks which can compromise your account details. But wha