The Signal protocol is the gold standard of general public messenging apps. There are some UX issues and high-risk users should proceed with extreme cauion at all times, but it is widely considered the most secure messenging app out there.
-- Nathalie Maréchal Doctoral Candidate, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Senior Research Fellow, Ranking Digital Rights marec...@usc.edu | @MarechalUSC | www.nathaliemarechal.net PGP - EB43 3CE8 A759 5419 52C0 2FF1 B721 C0BF 0F43 0663 On 2/1/17 11:53 AM, Jay Cafasso wrote: > Does anyone know how secure Signal is as a messenger app? > > > Jay Cafasso > 12559 N400E > Wheatfield, IN 46392 USA > Cell: 219.816.0722 > Fax: 610-673-8495 > Home GPS - Lat 41.19509, Long -86.96737 > SN# - 36508 > CWOP - EW5446 > > www.facebook.com/jay.cafasso.7 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_jay.cafasso.7&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=h7KeVKL7ZUFT7MiH6BwFag&m=6JDsb7cOinx0plIp99CTzTUIObw_myW0nXtCTZhG5Dg&s=DBtC5ACLx8laE4CI7qwvgXwriR62M3swilch2coLHx8&e=> > Robin Storm SIT - A WRN Ambassador > > "The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for > the wrong reason." Murder in the Cathedral - St. Thomas Becket. > > Skywarn® and the Skywarn® logo are registered trademarks of the National > Weather Service "used with permission". > > On Feb 1, 2017 09:22, "Steven Clift" <cl...@e-democracy.org > <mailto:cl...@e-democracy.org>> wrote: > > See: > https://engn.it/appsreport > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__engn.it_appsreport&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=h7KeVKL7ZUFT7MiH6BwFag&m=6JDsb7cOinx0plIp99CTzTUIObw_myW0nXtCTZhG5Dg&s=wCcJ6y7ZUzJQeHAczsrBb5ONudCiil8bqWudXkjtTms&e=> > > > In some situations, messaging apps may be the only way that people > caught up in armed conflict or crises can communicate with family, > friends or humanitarian organisations. Many messaging apps have > features that could help humanitarian organisations to reach people > who would otherwise be impossible to contact, or to collect > information that would otherwise be inaccessible. This information > can save lives. > > Some humanitarian organisations have already started using messaging > apps to communicate with people and coordinate their activities – > and many others are thinking about it. But there’s still a lot that > we don’t know. > > How and why are people affected by crises or armed conflict actually > using messaging apps? When and how is it appropriate to introduce a > new technology that not everyone will be able to access? Could > communicating with people through these communication channels put > them at greater risk? > > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mailman.stanford.edu_mailman_listinfo_liberationtech&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=h7KeVKL7ZUFT7MiH6BwFag&m=6JDsb7cOinx0plIp99CTzTUIObw_myW0nXtCTZhG5Dg&s=3VhwETnbPMi9L5tSHh1uY1ahexvbv7HOFf5nldfEma0&e=>. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing > moderator at compa...@stanford.edu <mailto:compa...@stanford.edu>. > > > > -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
