The app signal update very frequently
@Sphinx Wouldn't know, as I have not used it. Saw some long discussions about the app and the fact it's development is done in the USA -- and subjet of their laws.
Not very comforting when we have seen all the revelations Edward Snowden made about huge spying on the citizenry by their own country inteligence services.
Suggestion? Telegram.
@design_RG telegram does not default end to end encrypted
Often update can be a not bad thing, it means it focuses on user experience
I had both telegram and signal installed
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@Sphinx I thought Telegram was all encrypted, no? Which one was Mr Snowden recommending?
Even WhatsApp is all e2e.
Tried Telegram and it seemed very nice and lots of features.
Mr. Snowden recommended messagin apps
@Sphinx Found it.
"Snowden’s message included an endorsement for Signal, an open-source, encrypted messaging tool for the iPhone. The service, which launched earlier this month, uses VoIP and the ZRTP protocol developed by PGP email encryption creator Phil Zimmermann.
“It’s very good, I know the security model,” Snowden said about Signal. “They don’t protect you from metadata association, but they do strongly protect your content from precisely this type of in-transit interception,” he said."
And:
"As for Android options, Snowden suggested two programs, Redphone and TextSecure. Both are designed by Open Whisper Systems and both allow users to make encrypted phone calls and send secure text messages. The NSA, Der Spiegel revealed in December, classifies services like Redphone as a “threat” to surveillance."
From: https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/edward-snowden-signal-encryption-privacy-messaging/
