Are Slack Conversations Private? Popular Communications Platform May Not Be As Secure As You Think, Expert Says
Anyone who works in an office has said something meant to stay between them and their colleagues. It’s not guaranteed those words won’t get out when they live on in a chatroom like Slack, which experts warn may not be as secure as people think.
Slack is a communications platform that has been quickly adopted by startup businesses and major corporations. The souped-up, chatroom-style service has quickly grown to more than four million daily active users, with 1.25 million paying for additional features and services.
The messaging tool promises secure communications for teams of all sorts, but it may not be safe to rely on Slack as much as many organizations do. Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, told Fast Company that Slack has access any and all internal communication, including talk that people may not want to be made public.
