Through the years, the app became very popular due to the following events: the company offered it for direct and free download to Egyptian protesters in 2011, the company was acquired by Twitter then made the app open source, and finally the app got implemented in the widely popular CyanogenMod open source Android firmware. TextSecure was released in 2010 by Whisper Systems, a startup founded by security researcher Moxie Marlinspike and roboticist Stuart Anderson. This group of researchers chose to analyze TextSecure because its code is open source. Among the most popular ones are Surespot, Threema and TextSecure. Since the moment Facebook acquired WhatsApp, there has been an increased interest for software that will assure secure IM communication. authenticity and confidentiality of sent and received messages.

After fixing a particular vulnerability found in the app’s cryptographic protocol, TextSecure can offer what its creators wanted: one-time stateful authenticated encryption, i.e. I suggest to ‘uninstall’ Text Secure and use the more stable Open Source platformsĬhat Secure (Open Source) - E2E IM Encryption – more feature rich and stable than Text Secure.A group of German researchers have audited TextSecure, the popular open source encrypted messaging application for Android, and the news is good. Moxie the Moron has put self interest using an open source platform ahead of maintaining E2E SMS Encryption for all Since Moxie (the utter Moron) has removed SMS Encryption (for no real reason except to cement a deal with WhatsApp) after version v2.6.4, there is no point using Text Secure any more

Moxie the Moron doesn’t want people to know he has removed the SMS Encryption after v2.6.4 otherwise no one would upgrade. This release log information is NOT visible on the Google Playstore when you try to upgrade. If you do, Moxie (lead developer) has removed SMS Encryption after v2.6.x Do NOT upgrade if you are on a Text Secure version v2.6.x or before

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