[clug] Wickr and previous privacy discussion

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There is a very, very extensive discussion of this on the Textsecure
issue tracker that is easily findable through their support site.

Essentially, they use the Google push-messaging framework to send
encrypted data through it, because they believe it is the only
feasible infrastructure on their scale. a web-socket implementation is
in the works though, and now that the iPhone suite (Signal) is
published it may hopefully see more activity. (they also dropped
support for encrypted legacy sms, for clarity)

Best, Daniel


On 21/03/15 23:33, jhock at iinet.net.au wrote:
> The problem is not getting, upgrading and installing the app. I can
> easily do that from Aptoide, but each time I have to use Google
> play to register my phone with Whisper Systems. That is what I find
> offensive. They provide an app that evidently encrypts SMS messages
> but one has to use google play to register one's phone. What's the
> point of my information is available in google?
> 
> John.
> 
> ---- Kim Holburn wrote ----
> 
>> I believe you can get textsecure from the amazon app store.  Not
>> that that's a lot better than google play.
>> 
>> On 2015/Mar/21, at 2:19 PM, jhock at iinet.net.au wrote:
>> 
>>> Each time I upgrade the app I need google play service.
>>> 
>>> ---- Kim Holburn wrote ----
>>> 
>>>> On 2015/Mar/20, at 4:07 PM, jhock at iinet.net.au wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Getting the APK is not a problem. In fact I have already
>>>>> installed the app from Aptoide but when I try to register a
>>>>> messenger tells me that I need google play.
>>>> 
>>>> That's interesting.  It's easy enough to create a throwaway
>>>> google account, just to get it started.  Does it require a
>>>> google account all the time because that would be bad.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---- jm wrote ----
>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you can find someone which has already installed it
>>>>>> you could use adb from the android SDK to copy the apk
>>>>>> file off their device and then install it on yours.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 20/03/2015 1:01 pm, jhock at iinet.net.au wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The one big problem I have with TextSecure and Red
>>>>>>> Phone is the need for a google play account, which I
>>>>>>> don't have and never expect to have. Whisper Systems
>>>>>>> are looking into removing this need but it is not a
>>>>>>> high priority for them.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> John.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/linux
>>>>> -- linux mailing list linux at lists.samba.org 
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>>>> 
>>>> -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
>> -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408
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>> 
>> 
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