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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 06 2016, @02:50PM
This is kind of off topic. I put Google Goggles on my phone which does a good job at identifying and decoding bar codes and QR codes from photos. It sends photos up to the clouds for processing and cross-referencing. I don't think I'd want to use something that sends everything I scan up to the clouds on a daily basis, especially as part of a secure system. It was more a gee-wiz thing. It's pretty keen for what it does.
Is there a good Android bar/QR code reader that does everything on the phone?
I don't really have a use case, just wondering if anyone has recommendations.
(Score: 2) by kadal on Wednesday April 06 2016, @03:18PM
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android [google.com]
It's on f-droid, AFAIK