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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by zanny on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @02:08PM (#11432831)
Matrix uses the Signal protocol for encryption as well, if you want a fully free implementation of the same tech.

https://matrix.org/git/olm/

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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by jamesdwilson on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @02:29PM (#11433033)
thanks! could i use it to connect to WhatsApp?
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Re:WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete by zanny on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @03:44PM (#11433697)
WhatsApp uses a proprietary (fork of XMPP) messaging protocol and does not interoperate with anyone else (intentionally), like Hangouts and Skype, and unlike Matrix which is federated, and has gateways for IRC and XMPP already available.
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