Re: [liberationtech] Whatsapp + textsecure?

2015-05-18 Thread Peter Micek
+1 to the question As a related issue, at a recent event I raised whether Whatsapp or textsecure could be a suitable replacement for SMS in interaction with clients in mobile health programs. It seems like it could be a more privacy-protecting technology to transmit sensitive health records than

Re: [liberationtech] Whatsapp + textsecure?

2015-05-18 Thread Tom Ritter
There was a recent article that dug into it: http://www.hackinsight.org/news,326.html I would say there's several things that need improvement - but the crypto is present... some of the time :) -tom On 18 May 2015 at 11:08, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: Anyone know with

Re: [liberationtech] Whatsapp + textsecure?

2015-05-18 Thread Joshua Kopstein
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 IIRC Moxie mentioned something a while back about trying to implement some kind of transparent encryption/key exchange for WhatsApp, but for now there's really no telling what the app is actually doing Until WA gets that and the ability to

[liberationtech] Whatsapp + textsecure?

2015-05-18 Thread Brian Conley
Anyone know with certainty whether whatsapp has actually implemented the textsecure encryption? There was big talk about this some months back but I haven't seen ajy update mention it nor is it mentioned in the playstore as a feature. Thanks Brian -- Liberationtech is public archives are

Re: [liberationtech] Whatsapp + textsecure?

2015-05-18 Thread Frederic Jacobs
Hi Brian, I can only encourage you to read the announcement of the partnership: https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/ As stated in the post: Your messages may already be encrypted Messages are opportunistically encrypted (if both receiving and