Turn pro-privacy of WhatsApp. The world’s most popular chat ended recently in the spotlight for the double “blue tick” – the system of notification of reading seen by its users as an intrusion in their private – secret messages with an “approved” by Edward Snowden also .
The application owned by Facebook adopts encryption “end to end” that secures communications from prying eyes while transferring messages from one user to another. The move follows a few days of the opening of the social network of Mark Zuckerberg at Tor, the system of anonymous communication on the Internet. By the time the message security WhatsApp just about the Android OS and chat singles. Does not extend to group messages, media files and should arrive later on other platforms (Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows and Blackberry).
“Although we are still in early stages of the distribution we believe that this represents already the largest use of encrypted communication, end-to-end in history, “says on his blog” Open Whisper Systems’, the reality that WhatsApp has worked to encrypt chat. Open Whisper Systems has already developed TextSecure, an application protocol but also adaptable to other apps that can be used instead of SMS to send messages in a more secure against intruders, even from hackers.
‘non-commercial organization is highly appreciated by pro-privacy, including the Edward Snowden who blew the Datagate. The system adopted by WhatsApp locks down communication so that they can be read only by those who give and those who receive them and no one else, including WhatsApp. And it is not just a guarantee for its 600 million monthly active users.
In turn “classified status” could have affected the past co-founder of the chat, Jan Koum, who grew up in Ukraine in the years 80′s when the country was still part of the Soviet Union and communications were under control. According to the specialized blog “The Verge”, the operation on the chat would begin shortly after the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook to EUR 19 billion. And just a few days ago the social network is open to users of Tor, the system of anonymous communication on the Internet can access the platform with a web address “ad hoc” that allows you to do the cryptographic protections and therefore do not see monitored their traffic on the platform.
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