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by casca 4434 days ago
Having access to source is no guarantee of security or correctness (see Heartbleed) but relying on any of these secure messaging apps seems optimistic. Writing correct crypto code is hard and John McAfee's involvement offers no assurances.
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Especially since his stint with the authoroties of Belize and his subsequent escape from said country... I thought it was a very entertaining story, but professional suicide for him.
Yes. And this is a college project that uploads all keys to their backend.