# How safe is instant messaging - in Ignition?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624 "2024-04-29T10:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vinay\_abhi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vinay_abhi/32/61608_2.png) [@Vinay\_abhi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vinay_abhi)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624/1 "2024-04-29T10:33:11Z")

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i just want to know safety of instant messaging in current market, can we build our own instant chat apps

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624/2 "2024-04-29T10:45:32Z")

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> [@Vinay\_abhi](#):
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> ... can we build our own instant chat apps ...

Of course you can - but what has this got to do with Ignition and what has safety got to do with "current market"?

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**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624/3 "2024-04-30T13:09:55Z")

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Setting up (really, maintaining) a seriously secure messaging app in Ignition sounds like a nightmare of potential oversights. Any reason why you can't use a stand-alone app?

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624/4 "2024-05-03T12:04:02Z")

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How so? appart from authentication and a database, which igntion is pretty good at, there isnt really much else to a messaging app.  
(if you dont have to censor stuff )

Account creation also isnt to hard, psw recovery is an other story though

i see some stuff on the [Ignition Exchange | Inductive Automation](https://inductiveautomation.com/exchange) that could give you an idea

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**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624/5 "2024-05-06T14:22:39Z")

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> [@victordcq](#):
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> (if you dont have to censor stuff )

I was thinking more along the lines of encrypted chat (OP asked about safety which I interpreted as security). Probably simple enough to do with third-party libraries and a custom module but it's still one more thing to maintain when you can just use Telegram and be done with it.

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**Author:** ![Lynda\_josephine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@Lynda\_josephine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lynda_josephine)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-safe-is-instant-messaging-in-ignition/89624/6 "2024-05-21T13:18:04Z")

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Hi Vinay,

Yes, definitely you can build your instant messaging app, with developers support or API integration!! even Ignition also providing support think so.

generally there are many providers in market offering safe & secure messaging service. you can [check the list here](https://www.mirrorfly.com/blog/best-instant-messaging-platforms/)