It seems to be a law of nature, immutable by mutual desire, that every community you might want to interact with will choose a different messaging app.
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 10:47 PM Daniel Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > My friend who works in tech security industry uses "Wire" to message me. > > On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 10:36 AM Mike C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 13:13, logical american wrote: > > > I just recently found out that my Signal Messaging Application on my > > > Apple Iphone has been compromised. > > > > > > > Yikes! Sorry I missed this earlier. This is very concerning. Could > you > > > please elaborate? How did you detect this? What happened to the other > > > apps when they were compromised? > > > > > > > The OP was over a month ago now. Not sure how I missed it either as that > > type of post always gets my attention. > > > > I'm also interested in more details. I'm a bit suspect of an actual > > compromise of the Signal app itself as opposed to the device itself being > > affected by malware. > > > > A quick Google search on the topic resulted in one case of a > > compromised non-official Signal app that was distributed via some Secure > > Android web site and not via Google Play store. > > > > If you are interested in cryptography applications, then it is safe to > > > assume you know about Bruce Schneier. His Crypto-Gram mail list has > been > > > a source of value knowledge about just these types of issues over the > > past > > > 15 years. > > > > > > Thank you for this. I just checked it out and he seems to cover the > gambit. > > I read a post about NordVPN being breached via leaked encryption keys, 20 > > MONTHS AGO and the > > company just disclosed this to the public! > > > > And you also know that Signal is the standard; I'm not aware of any > > > alternative product that is as good with the same feature profile. > > > > > > > WhatsApp uses the same protocol as Signal but it's owned by Facebook now > so > > who knows what they're doing to it. > > > > Telegram has been highly criticized for its security flaws. It doesn't do > > end-to-end encryption by default and it's really developed and marketed > as > > a more "secure" collaboration tool like Slack rather than a simple secure > > text app. > > > > Threema is a pretty good option. Developed by Swiss company with the > > benefit of the highly regarded Swiss privacy laws. The code isn't open > > source but they do publish yearly public transparency reports > > > > Surespot is new to me but looks like it might be the best option. It's > open > > source and it seems to be a just a lightweight secure text app. > > https://www.surespot.me/ > > > > Happy Holidays! > > > > -- Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I noticed a while ago you asked a similar question about secure e-mail. > > > Did you find what you were looking for? > > > > > > -- > > > PRD > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
