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…an APK for TextSecure for users who don't use Google Play (like users with CyanogenMod). - https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 - http://support.whispersystems.org/customer/portal/articles/1... Hopefully that option will…

comment by jackbravo · 2015-03-06 · in Saying goodbye to encrypted SMS/MMS

…from F-droid. EDIT: not only is textsecure not on f-droid, but f-droid itself is woefully insecure: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127

comment by anonbanker · 2015-03-03 · in Signal 2.0 released with private messaging support

…like there is ongoing development for websockets instead of (Google-) Push messages. [1][2] 0: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/560 1: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1000 2:…

comment by _jomo · 2015-03-03 · in Signal 2.0 released with private messaging support

…of binaries). There is a very interesting discussion about this on the TextSecure issue queue: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127

comment by jackbravo · 2015-03-02 · in Signal 2.0 released with private messaging support

Moxie's stance on non-Play releases is not as extreme as you suggest: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127

comment by aaron_m04 · 2015-02-26 · in GPG and Me

…devices. Clearly the latter is way easier if you're willing to store the history on the server. [0] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1737 also on HN somewhere

comment by morsch · 2014-11-18 · in Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption

…re/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms [3] https://whispersystems.org/blog/winter-of-code/ [4] https://github.com/whispersystems/textsecure [5] https://github.com/whispersystems/signal-ios [6] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSe…

comment by charlieok · 2014-11-18 · in Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption

…conventionally. You don't need to rely on the assertions of the authors; you can find the source at https://github.com/whispersystems/textsecure .

comment by JoshTriplett · 2014-11-02 · in How secure is TextSecure?

…better with the F-Droid community[1], but hopefully that will eventually get sorted out :) [1]: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/281

comment by patcon · 2014-07-22 · in Flock, Private Contact and Calendar Cloud Sync for Android

…say compile and patch yourself, or use the Play Store (for the faint of heart). One reference here: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/281#issu... UPDATE: Maybe I missed something entirely as you mentioned your obvious…

comment by 616c · 2014-07-21 · in Flock, Private Contact and Calendar Cloud Sync for Android

…model which is completely broken" [1]). He also opposes TextSecure being on f-droid, etc. [1]: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127

comment by glogla · 2014-06-27 · in Android without the mothership

seems that they are trying to replace Google's push API with a websocket-based solution. See https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1106

comment by solstice · 2014-06-27 · in Android without the mothership

Or use TextSecure and RedPhone: https://whispersystems.org/ ( https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/ )

comment by nodata · 2014-05-05 · in John McAfee releases secure anti-surveillance messaging app ‘Chadder’

…some value to the product. [0] http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Development/PluginIdeas [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues?labels=f... [2] http://bithub.com/earnpoints

comment by garrettgrimsley · 2014-05-02 · in What Programming is Like

…point us to one?" You could not have reviewed all open and closed bugs in 8 minutes ;) Issue 1073: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1073 Another one: Just sent an encrypted photo to someone? The photo is stored…

comment by illumen · 2014-04-03 · in CryptoCat iOS Application Penetration Test [pdf]

…unlike Telegram authors, TextSecure's author is very good with crypto. [1]: it's a long read: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127

comment by glogla · 2014-04-02 · in Breaking Half of the Telegram Contest

…ability to withstand analysis by state-level actors. You're better off using GPG and email. [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Protocol [2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Using-Text...

comment by jmillikin · 2014-03-21 · in About that time Google spied on my Gmail

Or you could just implement their protocol and work with any code you want to. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/ProtocolV2

comment by peterwwillis · 2014-02-25 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

…does use public key cryptography. It performs the key exchange silently, but it still performs it. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/ProtocolV2 https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/advanced-ratcheting/

comment by garrettgrimsley · 2014-02-25 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

You can disable the SMS push. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/639

comment by garrettgrimsley · 2014-02-25 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

…another app to act as your default SMS app. There is actually an issue on github open about this: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/639

comment by ThatGeoGuy · 2014-02-25 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

He meant TextSecure's issue 53. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/53 You'll find a more interesting discussion about the reasons for not distributing TextSecure through alternate repositories on issue 127 though.…

comment by npizzolato · 2014-02-25 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

…people and the community are already discussing this issue, at least for the released Android app: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 For iOS I believe that decrypting the binary and doing an objdump, then comparing…

comment by bri3d · 2014-02-24 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

See https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127 for a detailed discussion why. You can built it yourself.

comment by aw3c2 · 2014-02-24 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

It is also part of CyanogenMod, and it is open source https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure so you can build it on your own https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/cyanogen-integration/

comment by r0muald · 2014-02-24 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

…build and verify the binaries ourselves. [1] http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/lavabit-critique/ [2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/

comment by sigil · 2014-02-24 · in The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS

…an asynchronous-friendly environment, and optimal forward and future secrecy semantics: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/ProtocolV2 It also now supports group messaging and multi-device messaging, but we'll cover those in…

comment by moxie · 2014-02-17 · in Off-the-Record Messaging Protocol v3

…messages: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri... It's fully open source: https://github.com/whispersystems/textsecure You can also sign up to be notified when it's released for iOS:…

comment by moxie · 2014-01-16 · in NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep

https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/

comment by andrewschleifer · 2013-12-20 · in Telegram’s Cryptanalysis Contest

Interesting. Some observations: TextSecure has been a work in progress for two years: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/commits/master?... Telegram seems to have been in progress for two months:…

comment by sillysaurus2 · 2013-12-16 · in Telegram - secure, free messaging

…and several other big-name cryptographers: https://whispersystems.org/ ... and it's open source: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/ ... and they don't try to roll their own crypto: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wik…

comment by sillysaurus2 · 2013-12-16 · in Telegram - secure, free messaging

I found the spec from another HN thread: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/ProtocolV2 Related HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6876165

comment by conorgil145 · 2013-12-10 · in WhisperPush: Secure Messaging Integration

FYI, from another Verizon user: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/467 Looks like we need to add some new MCC/MNC values to the defaults for that MMSC. Group messages use MMS, so hopefully this gets you down to one problem…

comment by moxie · 2013-12-09 · in TextSecure, Now With 10 Million More Users

…thub.com/chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS 2. https://github.com/guardianproject/ChatSecureAndroid 3. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/

comment by chrisballinger · 2013-12-06 · in Overrun With Messaging Apps

…servers would do any good (except for metadata) when the clients are handling the encryption. [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/

comment by m_ram · 2013-08-22 · in TextSecure: Forward secrecy for asynchronous messages

…is a facility to verify keys [1] with QR codes or voice over the phone. That's really cool. [1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Using-Text...

comment by 7952 · 2013-08-22 · in TextSecure: Forward secrecy for asynchronous messages

Moxie Marlinspike's TextSecure. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/ Pros: Open source, written by someone well established as being both competent and trustworthy.…

comment by A3c4a · 2013-08-10 · in Ask HN: Which is the best secure mobile messaging app?

Any reason why you're still only using AES-128? Is that secure enough for the time being? https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Protocol https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone/wiki/Encryption-P...

comment by mtgx · 2013-07-12 · in Crowd steps up to fund 'NSA-proof' app

…is that Moxie is no pushover in that arena. The following are the protocols used by WhisperSystems: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Protocol https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone/wiki/Encryption-P...

comment by thezilch · 2013-07-10 · in Pirate Bay co-founder aims to launch surveillance-proof messaging app Hemlis

…can be ported elsewhere with the source being available. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure

comment by yareally · 2013-03-06 · in Stop thinking up startup ideas [presentation]

…so you'll either need to do a lot of copy/pasting or run across your own messaging network. [0] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Protocol

comment by ConstantineXVI · 2012-10-18 · in New "Surveillance-Proof" App To Secure Communications Has Governments Nervous

…app I work on) uses a version of OTR adapted to the mobile environment, which is documented here: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/wiki/Protocol

comment by moxie · 2012-10-18 · in New "Surveillance-Proof" App To Secure Communications Has Governments Nervous

Maybe porting TextSecure would be an alternative? https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure

comment by aw3c2 · 2012-08-19 · in Dear Apple: Please set iMessage free