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I know they've had problems in the past, but is Cryptocat now a decent way to securely communicate?
by nether 13y ago
I know they've had problems in the past, but is Cryptocat now a decent way to securely communicate?
- mahyarm 13y agoIt isn't a secure product, but it's a crypto product something that has decent UX that isn't from a huge compromised company such as apple or google. In this space it makes it rare. It all depends on your adversary. For family members, stalkers and most employers, it's probably great.
- MichaelGG 13y agoHow is it more secure against "family members and stalkers" than, say, Gmail?
- mahyarm 13y agoWell it's more a social design. Google probably has a record of all of your emails, deleted or not somewhere and a court order can get those emails. Cryptocat will not. Gmail is also very integrated into most people's devices, so it's easier to get to someone's email records by getting at their computer, phone, cookies, etc.
- tptacek 13y agoI would advise against relying on Cryptocat. You asked, that's my answer.
- betterunix 13y agoDo not trust anything that is based on having a service send you your cryptosystem every time you need to communicate.
- guelo 13y agoUse Pidgin with OTR.