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Title: iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls Post by: HCK on July 31, 2014, 09:00:20 am iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls
<article> <section class="page"> <p> An open-source project has released the first free application (https://itunes.apple.com/app/id874139669) for the iPhone that scrambles voice calls, which would thwart government surveillance or eavesdropping by hackers.</p><p> Signal comes from Open Whisper Systems, which developed RedPhone (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.redphone&hl=en) and TextSecure (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en), both Android applications that encrypt calls and text messages.</p><p> The application is compatible with RedPhone and eventually RedPhone and TextSecure will be combined in a single Android application and called Signal as well, according to a blog post (https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal/).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2459560/iphone-gets-first-free-app-for-encrypting-voice-calls.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls (http://www.macworld.com/article/2459560/iphone-gets-first-free-app-for-encrypting-voice-calls.html#tk.rss_all) |