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Re:Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS by aboutruby on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:54AM (#19482036)
Seems like there is a "password" required to encrypt/decrypt but the app's descriptions says:

> - No Sign Up / Log In / Usernames / Passwords.

So I'm guessing this password is stored server-side and the passwords are associated to device ids.

Seems like it would read your contacts and then send them to their servers too, not a fan of doing that personally.

I'm not sure why the app mentions encryption/security as it seems far from being the main point of the app.

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Re:Wave – A private and unique messenger for iOS by m1cky on Monday March 25, 2019 @10:25AM (#19482627)
Messages sent on the app are end-to-end encrypted and the key is not known to the server. The only way anybody can read your messages is if you allow them physical access to your phone.
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