We are pleased to share that Wickr has been acquired by Amazon and is now part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team. We’re proud to have created highly trusted, secure communication solutions for messaging, video conferencing, file sharing, and more. From our founding ten years ago, we have grown to serve organizations across a wide range of industries, all over the world. Together with AWS, we look forward to taking our solutions to the next level for our customers and partners. Learn more here →

Category: Product

Wickr How To: Basic Security Group Configuration

Wickr has a standard (default) Security Group in place. Administrators can define several different Security Groups that are custom tailored to meet your desired outcomes. Let’s walk through the basic Security Group configuration settings and options: Wickr Open Access – a valuable feature for employees or executives who travel to

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Product Feature: Mentions, Message Replies, and Locked Messages

Communicating gets complicated, especially when you are collaborating with a large number of people at a fast pace. Messages can get lost in the shuffle, meanings can get misinterpreted, and important information can be seen by the wrong people. Traditional messaging just isn’t going to cut it in today’s fast-paced

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Product Feature: Burn-on-Read and Expiration Timers

When having a face-to-face conversation with someone, there is no record taken of the conversation. No one is taking notes of what was said, no one is using a recording device. Face-to-face conversations occur, and then they cease to exist. This is the basic premise of ephemeral communications. Ephemeral messaging

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Wickr How To: Getting Started with Wickr Pro

The following is a quick guide to help you get started. First, download and install the Wickr Pro app on your device or computer from pro-download.wickr.com. Open the app and sign up by entering your email address, then hit “Continue.” Confirm that you would like to start a new Wickr

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Top 10 Reasons Users Upgrade from Wickr Me to Wickr Pro

Wickr Me is popular across the world for its easy-to-use and fully secure messaging capabilities. Featuring messaging, group chat, and file sharing — all protected by state of the art end-to-end encryption — it provides the security and usability that users need around the globe. Wickr Me is great, but

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Wickr Product Feature: Keyboard Shortcuts

Your workplace communications happen quickly and constantly. As you navigate your way through projects, you are likely communicating with your coworkers in several rooms and direct messages, while also participating in calls and searching through your messages. While some like using a mouse to select options and conduct their business,

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Wickr How To: Message Voting

Wickr’s new emoji reactions are a great way to take a quick poll or survey within a room. Room members can easily add a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” to a poll or survey message. To react to a message, simply bring up the message options menu. This can be

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Product Feature: Message Searching

If you are effectively collaborating with your team, many messages will get sent throughout a workweek. Hundreds of messages could be sent in a day as your team coordinates their efforts between product development, sales, human resources, and any number of departments within your company. You find yourself at the

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Wickr How To: Microphone & Camera Settings

To start a call, click the phone icon in the top menu. The other members in the room will receive a notification to join the call. The participants of the call will be displayed along the bottom, and the user that is currently speaking will be displayed in the main

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Wickr How To: Message Reactions

Wickr now supports emoji reactions for individual messages. This is a great way to de-clutter your messages by eliminating “replies” or “reply-alls.” Emoji reactions are also a great way to take a quick poll or survey within a room. To react to a message, simply bring up the message options

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Wickr How To: Federation Controls

Federation is a security function that Wickr offers as an Administrative Control feature that can be applied to allow, or restrict, users to communicate outside your organization’s Wickr Pro network. These selections can be defined on a per Security Group basis within the Administration Console. You can also group users

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Wickr How To: Secure Shredder

To reduce the risk of deleted Wickr data being recovered, the Secure Shredder runs whenever your Wickr app is running. The goal is to “sanitize” or overwrite deleted Wickr data, on a best-effort basis. While Secure Shredder is a strong additional step to protect your data, please be aware that

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