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Was anybody actually planning to use Allo for encrypted communications? I was under the impression it was written off at its announcement.

• mxuribe 10y ago
  Yep, I'm with you. At least I know I've written it off.
• kyrra 10y ago
  Why was it written off? It's using Whisper Systems tech to do it's end-to-end encryption[0]. Is there someway Google could inject itself into this, or some reason people shouldn't trust it? [0] https://whispersystems.org/blog/allo/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/allo/
  • pritambaral 10y ago
    There is always a way to inject malicious code in a codebase you control. The Allo apps are closed-source and their code is solely controlled by Google. Doesn't matter which protocols they claim to be using, when they could simply push an update which silently uploads your private keys to their server (or breaks the claim in any of the many different ways). This is the same reason even WhatsApp's use of 'end-to-end encryption' cannot be considered secure from WhatsApp.
    • bagacrap 10y ago
      so, do you write your own compiler as well?
      • WallowC_33 10y ago
        Repost
  • karmajunkie 10y ago
    Not sure TBH, I just remember a lot of negative discussion around it and the privacy picture when it was announced. Perhaps bad on me for not doing all the due diligence when it came out but I'm generally biased against the assumption of security or privacy in online chat anyway so didn't bother going further with it.