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on Tuesday April 05 2016, @11:17PM
from the what-about-beginning-to-beginning dept.
from the what-about-beginning-to-beginning dept.
The title pretty much says it all. According to the report:
the service will encrypt all messages, phone calls, photos, and videos moving among [the devices].
Moxie Marlinspike is involved, so they have a chance of getting it right, and no one, even WhatsApp, will be able to know what you”re saying, texting, viewing, &c. (Unless, of course, your widget is running malware, or the opposition can get their mitts on it.)-: They claim this is available on nearly a billion devices—this is a really big deal.
takyon: Alternate links with no Wired paywall: TechCrunch, Washington Post, CNET, Reuters.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday April 06 2016, @05:26AM
Did the Patience bit, with Signal.
Invited several people, couple tried it, and then ended up deleting it because all their friends were on another service.
Deleted it.
Same with Proton Mail. It wouldn't inter-operate with normal GPG/PGP encrypted email. How hard would that have been to add? Deleted it.
Same thing with Telegram. Nobody home.
Deleted it.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @10:34AM
None of that applies to WhatsApp which has a billion users.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @11:36PM
That second point was about working with PGP or GPG.