Hi Louis, Telerivet is based on SMS, and while we do our best to transmit and store messages securely, it isn't intended to be used as a highly-secure messaging app. If you are looking for guaranteed end-to-end privacy, anything based on SMS is not a great option because the mobile networks could see your messages. Also, with Telerivet, messages are transmitted and stored on Telerivet's servers, and our code is closed-source.
However, in situations where end-users don't have internet access (or installing an app on each phone isn't feasible), and where you don't need end-to-end cryptographic privacy guarantees, Telerivet may be a good option. (I'm the lead developer of Telerivet) -Jesse On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry about the top post, but have you looked at Telerivet? < > http://www.telerivet.com> It's active most in East Africa but the > founders and company are located… near Stanford, California. > > Stackoverflow has a good summary and discussion: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11291196/android-as-an-sms-gateway-for-integration-with-web-application > > -louis > > > On 13-03-10, at 12:29 , Nathan of Guardian <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 03/09/2013 04:17 PM, Alex Comninos wrote: > >> 1> Request opinions on the security of WhatsApp and Viber (I understand > the > >> security of the previous has been discussed extensively on Libtech) > > > > They have reasonable network security from the app to the server (basic > > HTTPS / SSL), but NOT end-to-end security between you and the person you > > are communicating with. It is also unclear how well they validate their > > server's SSL certificate, so it might be possible for that traffic to be > > broken by a man-in-the-middle attack. > > > > Storage of message data locally on the device is in a relatively > > standard manner with all/most messages being logged by default, meaning > > it your message history can be easily extracted if the device is > > physically compromised, and possibly also by malware on the device > > (especially in the case of a rooted Android device). > > > >> 2> Request suggestions on secure mobile messaging apps. These apps s > hould > >> not just run on Android and iPhone devices, but should also run on the > most > >> basic and cheapest of internet enabled phones (feature phones or dumb > >> internet enabled phones, particularly Nokia and older versions of > Symbian). > >> These apps must also be free and easy to use. > > > > Security on older Nokia and Symbian phones is a tricky subject, > > especially when you want interoperable security with Android and iPhone. > > > > There were some Java/J2ME "crypto SMS" implementations around in the > > past, but these have not been maintained. There definitely isn't > > something interoperable with open-standards like Off-the-Record > > Encryption, as far as I know. Based on some work towards a Blackberry > > OTR app, it seems like the necessary Java libraries for strong > > cryptography on J2ME > > > > The best that I can offer is Gibberbot, our app for Android, that can > > work just fine on really, really cheap Android phones (<$50 USD), and > > also works with ChatSecure on iPhone, and Pidgin desktop chat on > > Windows, Linux, and Adium on Mac. It also can work on slower networks > > like EDGE. > > > > https://guardianproject.info/howto/chatsecurely/ > > > > Best of luck finding a solution that address all of your needs, and let > > us know how it goes. I am sorry we can't provide better support for > > these more limited devices. > > > > Best, > > Nathan > > > > > > > > -- > > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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