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Signal is testing out a new private contact discovery service that will let the app determine if a user has Signal contacts in their address book, but forbid its servers from accessing the users’ address book. Continue reading Signal Testing New Private Contact Discovery Service
A recently released extension for Chrome, developed by the public key crypto database Keybase, brought end-to-end encrypted messaging to several apps this week. Continue reading Keybase Extension Brings End-to-End Encrypted Chat To Twitter, Reddit, GitHub
A recently released extension for Chrome, developed by the public key crypto database Keybase, brought end-to-end encrypted messaging to several apps this week. Continue reading Keybase Extension Brings End-to-End Encrypted Chat To Twitter, Reddit, GitHub
Public encryption key database Keybase announced a Chrome extension Tuesday lends the service’s encryption tools to many of the most popular social networks including Twitter, which does not encrypt private messages, and Facebook, which requires users to opt-in to encryption. Created by two of the founders of SparkNotes and OkCupid, the service has built some of the most interesting encryption tools on the Internet. The browser extension comes in the wake of apps for PC, Mac, iPhone and Android, as well as an encrypted file sharing system. The first half of 2017 has been extremely active for the team who say they will now focus on improving what’s already been launched. Keybase has just over 146,000 users, co-founder Chris Coyne told CyberScoop. At a time when PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) encryption has been heavily criticized as far too cumbersome, Keybase offers an set of tools that make secure messaging, file sharing and verification easier than other PGP offerings. […]
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I’ve recently found more interest in encryption and security concerning communication.
During my research I have found the website https://keybase.io/ . It seems like a storage for public keys but is apparently more than tha… Continue reading How does Keybase.io work?
According to Keybase’s documentation:
[The] keybase clients in the wild play a crucial role in keeping the Keybase server honest. They check the integrity of user signature chains, and can find evidence of malicious rollb… Continue reading Does using the client keep the Keybase server honest even if you also use the web interface?
Could you please describes to me the security benefits of encrypting and decrypting messages using Keybase.io.
Do you think that using such thing will be secure, where the encrypted message redirects through Keybase server … Continue reading Messages encryption and decryption using Keybase.io