Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat securely

Re:Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat se... by detaro on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:54PM (#13008033)

Wait, it wasn't already? I never looked into it to closely, but their marketing always suggested encryption was part of it.

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Re:Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat se... by qwertyuiop924 on Monday November 21, 2016 @03:02PM (#13008636)

It had been implemented already but (and this was made quite clear in the docs and on the site) it hasn't been production quality (it took a while to implement, and then they were some cryptographers to check it over, IIRC). Several of the matrix devs are HN regulars, so they ought to show up soon-ish, and will hopefully let us know if I got that wrong.

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Re:Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat se... by Arathorn on Monday November 21, 2016 @04:16PM (#13009286)

You got it right :) It was on the web, but hadn't been audited yet (and lacked encrypted attachments and VoIP signalling and other good stuff). Now it's been audited (https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/matrix-olm-crypto...), is available on Android & iOS too, and we have encrypted VoIP & attachments too!

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Re:Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat se... by detaro on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @08:33AM (#13013965)

Thanks for the clarification!

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Re:Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat se... by x1798DE on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:15PM (#13008231)

I believe it has been implemented in the web interface for some time now, but now it's available in the mobile apps as well, so for mobile-to-web or mobile-to-mobile chats or other cross-device implementations you can use encrypted chat.

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