Since the spread of smartphones and messenger apps, many people are communicating online as well as offline. Functions have also been gradually upgraded, and not only text, but also photos, videos, contacts, gifts, calls, and voice delivery, etc., are available to make communication more clear. Among them, KakaoTalk, the most widely used, has recently updated new features. Today, I will introduce how to chat secretly on KakaoTalk.
The characteristic of KakaoTalk secret chat is that all data sent and received is generally recorded on the server, whereas when this function is used, all conversation details are encrypted, and this encryption key is stored in the personal terminal, not the server. So, unless you directly examine the user’s cell phone, you won’t be able to see what’s going on. 카카오톡 비밀채팅
To open a new chat room, click the open new chat room icon in the upper right corner of the chat tab to invite a contact by touching the lock-shaped image. Alternatively, you can go to the general chat room where you normally chat with the target and press the KakaoTalk Secret Chat icon in the upper right menu > Contacts section. 윤과장의 소소한 일상 이야기
The main feature is that it is only available on mobile. You can clearly see that a room is open on your smartphone, but you can’t even tell if a room has been opened on the PC version. Perhaps this was done considering the high risk of exposure of PCs to others.
Even if a new message arrives, it is displayed only as a secret message in the Notifications or Chat tabs, so you have to go inside to see what it is. When I clicked the menu button, it was very simplified to check the contact, leave, and set it up unlike in a normal room.
Only text, album, and camera functions are activated in KakaoTalk secret chat. In the album, you can select photos and videos stored in the same way as before, and with the camera, you can shoot on the spot and attach it immediately. However, in the case of a video, the maximum length is 5 minutes and the maximum capacity is 300MB for one recording, so resolution and frames must be considered according to the length.
After shooting, you can edit through simple functions such as cropping, applying filters, rotating, and sound on/off, but for videos, the transmission quality cannot be specified separately. Although the capacity is drastically reduced through self-encoding, the picture quality did not deteriorate as much as expected for the result recorded in 4K.
For reference, it is impossible to bundle and send thumbnails of both images and videos. By the way, you can switch to the detailed view by swiping left and right, and you can also save it to the terminal. However, if it is a photo or video with high importance, it should be managed well after saving, right?
In KakaoTalk Secret Chat, each individual public key is provided. If you enter the individual public key menu, you can check not only yourself but also the participant information, so you can check whether it is the real you by comparing these keys with each other. However, if you reinstall KakaoTalk or change your mobile phone, the encryption information will expire and you will no longer be able to enter, and you will need to create a new room.
It is best to meet people in person to deliver important stories, images, and videos, but in unavoidable situations, KakaoTalk secret chat seems to be useful. It is not included in the talk drawer or backup function, and there is no trace left on the server, so you can finish the conversation neatly. Well then, everyone, be happy 🙂