Hey Louis, Others have done a good job making suggestions, particularly Jesse regarding the issues around SMS. Not to pile on but FrontlineSMS has published a guide on concerns around SMS. Given your focus on low tech options, it might be of interest.
Link: http://www.frontlinesms.com/user-resources/user-guide-data-integrity/ I am the Director of Governance Project at FrontlineSMS. Cheers! Chris R. Albon ChrisRAlbon.com (http://ChrisRAlbon.com) On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Jesse Young wrote: > 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] > (mailto:[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] > > (mailto:[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] > > > (mailto:[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] (mailto:[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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