Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp

It's mildly entertaining that we have calls for a more secure and trust-able version of an encrypted chat service, but other agencies in the executive branch are calling for loopholes and vulnerabilities for the same encrypted channels.

Re: Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp

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Post by YeahSureWhyNot » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

Zhenya wrote: post #5

Isn't that called Signal? Maybe just put the funding into extending that?

I tried signal, much more inferior to WhatsApp in terms of functionality and usability

Re: Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp

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Post by quadrature » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

wnevets wrote: post #3

The title makes it sound like they want to use whatsapp, not that they want encrypted chat.

Agreed, i think the title is a bit misleading.

Re: Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp

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Post by cwyers » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:48 PM UTC

YeahSureWhyNot wrote: post #7

Zhenya wrote: post #5

Isn't that called Signal? Maybe just put the funding into extending that?

I tried signal, much more inferior to WhatsApp in terms of functionality and usability

There are real tradeoffs between functionality and usability that any "more secure" chat service would have to deal with.

Re: Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp

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Post by emerongi » Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 7:49 PM UTC

YeahSureWhyNot wrote: post #7

Zhenya wrote: post #5

Isn't that called Signal? Maybe just put the funding into extending that?

I tried signal, much more inferior to WhatsApp in terms of functionality and usability

Put effort into improving usability of Signal then? I don't understand.