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>According to Apple's Legal Process Guidelines, Facetime calls and iMessages are end-to-end encrypted. This is significant, but Textsecure and Redphone are more

by furyg3 12y ago

>According to Apple's Legal Process Guidelines, Facetime calls and iMessages are end-to-end encrypted. This is significant, but Textsecure and Redphone are more secure and trustworthy. Yes but they don't exist. TextSecure looks perfect but has been "coming soon to iPhone" for a year. It seems to be a long way off if I look at the GitHub activity (https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS) I'm not sure why this is, exactly. Maybe there aren't enough iOS developers willing to donate their time to open source projects? A real pity. The only way we have a chance is if the basic tools we use are cross-platform, open-source, and verifiably end-to-end.

daveid 12y ago
ChatSecure supports OTR, Xabber supports OTR, Pidgin/Adium too, so there's the multi-platform, open-source, end-to-end texting app. You just need an account on any XMPP server.
- BillFranklin 12y ago
  Yep, Jabber, ChatStep, Adium, all used by Lavaboom staff. Lavaboom wouldn't be possible without OpenSource. You now have loads of privacy startups building from the groundwork done by OpenSource developers.
- hnha 12y ago
  OTR only works when both parties are online. Especially with the modern mobile internet, that is something crucial!
zmanian 12y ago
The status of TextSecure on iOS is that a new WebSocket based message transport bus needs to be implemented on the server and client side. Text Secure for Android uses Google's Push Messaging Service which queues messages when devices are offline for transport. Apple's push messaging service can't be used in an analogous way because it only delivers the most recent message when a device comes online. You certainly could help with the server side work. Otherwise, the UI, crypto etc... of the iOS app is all done.
- aw3c2 12y ago
  Is there some site where one can follow rough progress as a non-developer?

by furyg3 12y ago

daveid 12y ago

ChatSecure supports OTR, Xabber supports OTR, Pidgin/Adium too, so there's the multi-platform, open-source, end-to-end texting app. You just need an account on any XMPP server.

BillFranklin 12y ago
Yep, Jabber, ChatStep, Adium, all used by Lavaboom staff. Lavaboom wouldn't be possible without OpenSource. You now have loads of privacy startups building from the groundwork done by OpenSource developers.
hnha 12y ago
OTR only works when both parties are online. Especially with the modern mobile internet, that is something crucial!

zmanian 12y ago

The status of TextSecure on iOS is that a new WebSocket based message transport bus needs to be implemented on the server and client side. Text Secure for Android uses Google's Push Messaging Service which queues messages when devices are offline for transport. Apple's push messaging service can't be used in an analogous way because it only delivers the most recent message when a device comes online. You certainly could help with the server side work. Otherwise, the UI, crypto etc... of the iOS app is all done.

aw3c2 12y ago
Is there some site where one can follow rough progress as a non-developer?