| There is a lot of hype over encrypted chat programs. Telegram's encryption is not end-to-end unless you opt into "Secret Chats"[1] and many claim their crypto is not secure[2,3] as they rolled their own[4]. The latest Google chat app Allo also backed away from defaulting to end-to-end encryption for all messages as it lessens the quality of their auto-assistant[5]. The Axolotl protocol (developed by Moxie and Trevor[6]) is available in Signal and was later adopted by WhatsApp. Signal has far fewer features than other chat applications, and people aren't clamoring much about it; I would guess because many people place features > crypto. Wire (wire.com) uses this protocol as well[7]. WhatsApp being part of Facebook has already called into question their handling of privacy[8], the feature they were originally advertising as their main strength. [1] https://telegram.org/faq#secret-chats [2] http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegra... [3] http://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-crypta... [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6916860 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12547130 [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm [7] https://wire.com/resource/Wire%20Security%20Whitepaper/downl... [8] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/relaxing-privac... |