End-to-End Encryption

Encryption is at the heart of Virgil Security's E3Kit. If you've reached here, congratulations! You're one step away from adding top-notch security to your app.

Feature Comparison

E3Kit provides a set of encryption methods that have each their own advantages and disadvantages and ideal use cases. We've prepared a table that sums up the differences between each method based on their supported features. For most use cases, Default Encryption and Group Encryption are the best options.

	Default/Post-Quantum	Group Encryption	Double Ratchet	Stream Encryption	Temporary Encryption
End-to-end Encryption	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Digital Signature	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Perfect Forward Secrecy	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
Multi-device Support	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Multi-recipient Support	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Access to History	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
Unregistered Recipient Support	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Data Stream Support	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌

Find out more about each of these feautures in this guide.

Encryption types

Discover how to add the encryption of your choice to your application with the following guides: