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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by venomsnake on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @01:55AM (#10579567)
> new, difficult-to-crack encryption technologies

Have there been any NEW encryption technologies lately? The only one I can think of is ZRTP. Everything else is based on well understood and well tested theories.

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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by sarciszewski on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @02:10AM (#10579609)
Sort of.

http://sphincs.cr.yp.to

Not only is this a NEW cryptography technology, it's also the most hilarious academic web page I've ever read.

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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by mirimir on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @03:55AM (#10579922)
Pond is pretty cool. But the encryption methods are, of course, standard. It's how they're used that's innovative.

The reference is likely to various idiot-friendly apps. I doubt that any of them is harder to crack than, for example, Sigaint with GnuPG (via Tor onion services).

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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by biokoda on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @04:08AM (#10579959)
Axolotl Ratchet protocol which is currently the safest end-to-end encryption method is pretty new.
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