Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption

Re:Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide en... by justfane on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @11:01AM (#8624448)

But wait... Didn't Facebook Inc; Buy whats app for 19 billion? So does this mean Whisper Systems is working with 'facebook' on this...? Maybe i'm wrong...

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Re:Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide en... by frabcus on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @11:46AM (#8624755)

Yep. And Facebook have done other privacy-aware things recently - such as setting up a Tor hidden node: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/facebook-offers-hidd...

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Re:Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide en... by justfane on Monday November 24, 2014 @03:51PM (#8654670)

TOR can be compromised easily however... Edit) So they say...

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Re:Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide en... by doublerebel on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @12:06PM (#8624864)

Whoops, apologies. Accidental mobile downvote. Appreciate the link and knowledge.

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