White House officials reportedly using Confide to communicate with each other in the Trump administration. The app promises confidential messaging capabilities and eclipses competitors like Signal (Snowdens secure messaging app of choice) in compatibility with existing messaging services. Confide is a closed source app so, unlike Signal, nobody knows how it actually works. It’s unclear exactly how Confide protects the information being sent through its tubes. If your line of work involves keeping certain bits of information confidential, the benefit of a secure and ephemeral messaging service seems obvious.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/white-house-staffers-favorite-secure-messaging-app-is-a-1792355778