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Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by EGreg »

dm2 wrote: post #88
FredericJ wrote: post #79

Hey, I'm the co-lead developer of Signal. We're looking for help with translations, help us out to bring Signal to as many people as possible: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/signal-ios/ We also pay per commit if you want to help on Open Whisper Systems projects: http://bithub.whispersystems.org/

These seem like incredibly generous payments for such small commits... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/commit/... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/commit/... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/commit/... I was going to donate today, but it seems like the donations are being wasted. I work hard for my money and if my donations go towards a trivial (and arguabl…

How do I set up a similar system with BitHub rewards for commits? I would like to put $100 towards it and see whether it would be worthwhile to continue.

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by pinkyand »

sp332 wrote: post #8
eggbrain wrote: post #3

It's great that we have more privacy options for phone calls, texts, etc. But we still need a great "Privacy" phone, right? There's been attempts to do so recently (Blackphone, PrivacyPhone), but both have suffered from the same fault: a binary blob for the baseband, something that renders all your privacy moot. I've heard the best recommendation is a tablet + USB LTE dongle, to put some space between the two process…

It doesn't render all your privacy moot. It's limited to snooping on what you send over the radio, which is the same as what your cell carrier would have access to even with a secure baseband. (Edit: unless the baseband hacks into the software running on the other side of the radio and exfiltrates data right from your SD card... hm...) What I would like to see is a way to verify that you're connected to a legitimate…

In many/most phones, the radio can access the ram of the device(DMA). the reason is efficient transfer of data, but with that comes the possibility of the radio reading everything inside the ram, including encrytion keys.

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by StavrosK »

aeontech wrote: post #91
FredericJ wrote: post #79

Hey, I'm the co-lead developer of Signal. We're looking for help with translations, help us out to bring Signal to as many people as possible: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/signal-ios/ We also pay per commit if you want to help on Open Whisper Systems projects: http://bithub.whispersystems.org/

If you approve russian translation request, I'll be happy to help

I'd also be happy to give Greek a stab.

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by pinkyand »

tedunangst wrote: post #82
dm2 wrote: post #71

I wish they had text messaging. I've been waiting so long for this and it lacks the major feature we need! Hopefully it'll come soon. The reason why this is important these days is that law enforcement now has more access (because the technology is cheaper) to fake cell towers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker Many states are denying FOIA requests regarding this spying but there are several news sto…

Can a Stingray intercept iMessages?

IMessages are supposed to be encrypted, so no.

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by dm2 »

EGreg wrote: post #111
dm2 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These seem like incredibly generous payments for such small commits... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/commit/... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/commit/... https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/commit/... I was going to donate today, but it seems like the donations are being wasted. I work hard for my money and if my donations go towards a trivial (and arguabl…

How do I set up a similar system with BitHub rewards for commits? I would like to put $100 towards it and see whether it would be worthwhile to continue.

This should be all you need: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/BitHub

I haven't tried it and have no affiliation with it, just saw that the repo is there.

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by higherpurpose »

eps wrote: post #77
higherpurpose wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Open source. Donations. https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/bundle/encryption-tools-j...

Donations is not a business model.

It is for Wikipedia. Otherwise no open source project has a "business model".

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by autodidakto »

Please authenticate with something that's not a phone number! I guess that's the simplest for most people (look at WhatsApp), but the reason why I use things like Signal is because I despise cell carriers. I'd like to use this on a (cheaper) non-cellular device (for myself and family members).

The Holy Grail of Secure Communications: Group Encrypted Text, Voice, and Video. Right now, Skype gives you the unholy grail, but you get all three (+group). I wish Open Whisper Systems luck.

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by Titanous »

tedunangst wrote: post #82
dm2 wrote: post #71

I wish they had text messaging. I've been waiting so long for this and it lacks the major feature we need! Hopefully it'll come soon. The reason why this is important these days is that law enforcement now has more access (because the technology is cheaper) to fake cell towers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker Many states are denying FOIA requests regarding this spying but there are several news sto…

Can a Stingray intercept iMessages?

No, the messages are encrypted device-to-device with Apple providing a key directory service. Apple must be complicit to read messages without physical or backdoor access to the device.

http://blog.quarkslab.com/imessage-privacy.html

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by supernova87a »

Maybe a stupid question, but is the app sending this encrypted voice over the cellular channel, or is it making a data connection independent of the phone?

Also, on a different point, if I were trying to eavesdrop on someone's conversation, I would probably just try to hack the microphone with a different / already loaded app...

Re: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Phone Calls for iPhone

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Post by dm2 »

Titanous wrote: post #118
tedunangst wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can a Stingray intercept iMessages?

No, the messages are encrypted device-to-device with Apple providing a key directory service. Apple must be complicit to read messages without physical or backdoor access to the device. http://blog.quarkslab.com/imessage-privacy.html

This has nothing to do with the Stingray devices though.

Apple can certainly decrypt any iMessage, as explained very thoroughly in the article you linked to.

If Apple can decrypt them, then law enforcement can decrypt them, so they don't really even need the Stingray device.

Nobody knows whether or not the NSA stores all iMessages. They certainly can, and from everything we've seen if they can, they do, so if you are concerned about privacy you have to assume that they do. The thing about the NSA databases these days is that they allow multiple governments and other government agencies to access that data.

Imagine how many peoples lives would be "ruined" if someone took that data and published it on the internet, "here is every iMessage for the past year".

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