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Confide, an app used by some Washington insiders, denies claims in lawsuit that it doesn’t prevent screenshots on all platforms Continue reading Top secret messages sent via Confide might not be so secret after all
Confide: “The accusations set forth in the complaint are unfounded and without merit.” Continue reading Man sues Confide: I wouldn’t have spent $7/month if I’d known it was flawed
The makers of the popular messaging app Confide said Wednesday it has patched multiple security vulnerabilities that could of allowed hackers to intercept messages sent using its secure end-to-end messaging platform. Continue reading Confide Updates App After Critical Security Issues Are Raised
Confide, the messaging app pitched as a secure communications platform for Washington D.C.’s most high powered political operatives, is finally under the security microscope. Security researchers at Seattle-based IOActive found multiple critical vulnerabilities in Confide after it underwent a security audit for the first time in February. Several of the critical vulnerabilities impacting Confide, which employs no cryptography specialists on its development team, include leaking decrypted messages to attackers. Although the app has been pushed to headlines by a three-year long marketing operation, the audit was the first time Confide’s team dealt with researchers taking the app apart. That means the vulnerabilities may have existed for years even as journalists and White House operatives used Confide for secure messaging. IOActive researchers have privately told industry colleagues for several weeks to stop using Confide immediately. Ryan O’Horo, a managing security consultant for IOActive, appeared to call the vulnerabilities the most shocking security failures he’d seen in […]
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Encryption is en vogue in Washington, D.C., but the app of choice for some of the most powerful and “paranoid Republicans” in the capital is profoundly insecure — a problem emblematic of the confounding security issues that have plagued Donald Trump’s young presidency. Republicans in D.C., including members of the Trump administration, are now using Confide, […]
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