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Title: Wickr brings its self-destructing messages to Windows, Mac and Linux Post by: HCK on December 05, 2014, 03:00:18 pm Wickr brings its self-destructing messages to Windows, Mac and Linux
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Wickr has launched a set of new desktop apps for anyone feeling skittish about conversing over the Internet.</p><p>The new apps for Windows, Mac and Linux (https://www.wickr.com/downloads/) promise not to keep any record of your communications. Wickr doesn’t store conversations or metadata on its servers, and it uses multi-layer AES256 and ECDH521 encryption to send messages to other users. (The company also offers a $100,000 bounty (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2088380/encrypted-messaging-startup-wickr-offers-100k-bug-bounty.html) for anyone who finds serious vulnerabilities in its encryption.)</p><p>Each message also includes a self-destruct timer, with a maximum length of six days and a minimum of three seconds. Beyond just removing messages from the chat window, Wickr users a “Shredder” that periodically wipes message history from users’ hard drives and RAM, and claims that shredded messages can’t be recovered through forensic investigations.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2855365/wickr-brings-its-self-destructing-messages-to-windows-mac-and-linux.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Wickr brings its self-destructing messages to Windows, Mac and Linux (http://www.macworld.com/article/2855365/wickr-brings-its-self-destructing-messages-to-windows-mac-and-linux.html#tk.rss_all) |