[1a2a3a4a]

I was trying it, but I think I would have preferred to see higher security for something only used to communicate between two people. Since it's only two people, they could decide on a secret outside of the app and then encrypt all the information sent between them with this secret so that the server doesn't need to be trusted. Are there any apps for couples that do something like this?

Couple appears to encrypt information between client to server using SSL, but the information is stored plaintext on the server.

[nulagrithom]

I don't think they're billing it as a 'super-ultra secret encrypted messaging app', nor do they need to. "It's not Facebook" is enough to interest me.

[grinich]

How do you know they don't encrypt it on the server?

[1a2a3a4a]

It's not encrypted client side, so the server is getting it unencrypted. They also return the data unencrypted, so if it is stored encrypted, it's not that useful encryption since the server also knows how to decrypt it.

Also their privacy policy notes that they'll give authorities access to your messages if they receive a warrant.

[gregbarbosa]

Following in line with this thought, I've actually plugged in my iPhone (non-jailbroken), downloaded the sqlite database onto my computer, and was able to see all the messages and URLs of photos sent. Even photos marked as "secret" (the apps Snapchat-like feature of deleting and hiding photos).