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No iOS suggestions?

by jiggy2011 13y ago

No iOS suggestions?

IlPeach 13y ago
have apple ever approved any app like that? just asking...
- pseut 13y ago
  ChatSecure and IM+ both support OTR instant-messaging on the iphone, so depending on what you mean by "like that"... yes. ChatSecure is opensource too fwiw: https://github.com/chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS https://github.com/chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS
  - mahyarm 13y ago
    ChatSecure crashes so much it's unusable. IM+ OTR costs $6 and is closed source.
casca 13y ago
If you're jailbroken (which you probably should consider if privacy is a concern), FirewallIP is the reason I still haven't switched to Android: http://yllier.webs.com/firewall.html http://yllier.webs.com/firewall.html
- jiggy2011 13y ago
  That's unfortunately the problem. We want to make secure software easier to use but we can't get past step 1 if people can't just buy it from the app store.
- BryanB55 13y ago
  Can you expand on why one should jailbreak? Any other jailbroken app suggestions? I was under the impression that jailbreaking also opened you up to be hacked and made the phone less secure.
kmfrk 13y ago
Wickr, Onion Browser, Cloak. https://www.mywickr.com https://www.mywickr.com https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser https://www.getcloak.com https://www.getcloak.com Silent Circle as well, closed source or not, given that one of the founders is Phil Zimmerman.
- JshWright 13y ago
  https://github.com/SilentCircle https://github.com/SilentCircle
jhh 13y ago
A secure text messaging app I like and use is Threema (http://threema.ch/en/index.html http://threema.ch/en/index.html). All servers are allegedly located in switzerland. The app uses public-private-key end-to-end encryption. You can exchange keys locally via QR code and it is available for both Android and iOS. You can still sync your phonebook in whatsapp style. It's a good compromise between being secure and being pragmatic to me. However, it's not open source, so you still have to trust the app (and the OS) not to send out your private key.
- tripzilch 13y ago
  > it's not open source, so you still have to trust the app (and the OS) not to send out your private key. Or that it actually implements encryption correctly. Closed source is really not an option. Let's get it right this time.
  - jhh 13y ago
    They kind of have a solution for that http://threema.ch/validation http://threema.ch/validation
moxie 13y ago
iOS versions of RedPhone and TextSecure are currently in development.
- mahyarm 13y ago
  TextSecure-iOS on github was last committed to in March 2013, has work been done elsewhere? https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS/commits/master https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS/commits/mas...

No iOS suggestions?

IlPeach 13y ago

have apple ever approved any app like that? just asking...

pseut 13y ago
ChatSecure and IM+ both support OTR instant-messaging on the iphone, so depending on what you mean by "like that"... yes. ChatSecure is opensource too fwiw: https://github.com/chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS https://github.com/chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS
- mahyarm 13y ago
  ChatSecure crashes so much it's unusable. IM+ OTR costs $6 and is closed source.

casca 13y ago

If you're jailbroken (which you probably should consider if privacy is a concern), FirewallIP is the reason I still haven't switched to Android: http://yllier.webs.com/firewall.html http://yllier.webs.com/firewall.html

jiggy2011 13y ago
That's unfortunately the problem. We want to make secure software easier to use but we can't get past step 1 if people can't just buy it from the app store.
BryanB55 13y ago
Can you expand on why one should jailbreak? Any other jailbroken app suggestions? I was under the impression that jailbreaking also opened you up to be hacked and made the phone less secure.

kmfrk 13y ago

Wickr, Onion Browser, Cloak. https://www.mywickr.com https://www.mywickr.com https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser https://www.getcloak.com https://www.getcloak.com Silent Circle as well, closed source or not, given that one of the founders is Phil Zimmerman.

JshWright 13y ago
https://github.com/SilentCircle https://github.com/SilentCircle

jhh 13y ago

A secure text messaging app I like and use is Threema (http://threema.ch/en/index.html http://threema.ch/en/index.html). All servers are allegedly located in switzerland. The app uses public-private-key end-to-end encryption. You can exchange keys locally via QR code and it is available for both Android and iOS. You can still sync your phonebook in whatsapp style. It's a good compromise between being secure and being pragmatic to me. However, it's not open source, so you still have to trust the app (and the OS) not to send out your private key.

tripzilch 13y ago
> it's not open source, so you still have to trust the app (and the OS) not to send out your private key. Or that it actually implements encryption correctly. Closed source is really not an option. Let's get it right this time.
- jhh 13y ago
  They kind of have a solution for that http://threema.ch/validation http://threema.ch/validation

moxie 13y ago

iOS versions of RedPhone and TextSecure are currently in development.

mahyarm 13y ago
TextSecure-iOS on github was last committed to in March 2013, has work been done elsewhere? https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS/commits/master https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS/commits/mas...