Encrypted Chat on iOS (Swift)
In this tutorial, we’ll build encrypted chat on iOS using Swift. We’ll combine Stream Chat and Virgil Security. Both Stream Chat and Virgil make it easy to create a solution with high security with all the features you expect. These two services allow developers to integrate chat that is zero-knowledge. The application embeds Virgil Security’s E3Kit with Stream Chat’s Swift components.
Note: All source code for this application is available on GitHub.
What is end-to-end encryption?
End-to-end encryption means that two people can have trade messages via the internet without anyone else being able to read them, even if the transmission or storage is compromised. To do this, the app encrypts the message before it leaves a user’s device, and only the intended recipient can decrypt the message.
Virgil Security is a vendor that allows us to create end-to-end encryption via public/private key technology. Virgil provides a platform that allows us to create, store, and offer robust end-to-end encryption securely.
During this tutorial, we will create a Stream Chat app that uses Virgil’s encryption to prevent anyone except the intended parties from reading messages. No one in your company, nor any cloud provider you use, can read these messages. Even if a malicious person gained…
