> On Apr 21, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Frederic Jacobs <[email protected]> 
> wrote:

> Interestingly, I think they are performing the authentication over an 
> un-authenticated channel. It is my understanding that the "secret 
> identification” is not tied to the authentication of the WebRTC session.
> 
> I think that SilentCircle has a more elegant solution when it comes to 
> integrating two different authentication mechanisms (one for voice and one 
> for messaging).
> They add the ZINA's (their ratchet) identity key in the ZRTP confirm packet, 
> so it’s part of the SAS that is verified on calls. It’s nice because SAS are 
> shorter than key fingerprints and yet reasonably secure.

Thanks for sharing this Frederic. I’ll have to take a closer look at 
SilentCircle. It would be good to know if users can habituate to avoid reading 
the SAS.
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