![]() ![]() Cryptocat’s end-to-end encryption by design doesn’t allow for anyone in the middle to read your messages. In followup tweets, Kobeissi says that Apple specifically had a problem with group chat encryption, and that he’s working with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to discuss the rejection. What’s strange is that Apple has already approved the Cryptocat Mac app on the Mac App Store, which requires developers to comply to similar rules.Ĭryptocat became popular in wake of the NSA controversy, where the agency was found to intercept and snoop on communications. One of the reasons for Cryptocat for iPhone’s rejection by Apple strongly implies that any other encrypted group chat app can be rejected. NDA doesn’t allow me to discuss openly but reasons are truly illegitimate. Nadim Kobeissi, the developer of the app, said:Ĭryptocat for iPhone was just rejected from the Apple app store. The developer of the service recently submitted an iPhone Cryptocat app, but it was rejected by Apple for “illegitimate” reasons. If I had to place bets on how this will end, it wouldn’t be on the guy who sounds like it still is 1999.Cryptocat is an encrypted chatting service that lets no one apart from the sender and receiver see the actual content of the message. Originally available as a desktop app and a browser plugin, the app offers strong encryption and secrecy for text conversations, as well as protection from government intrusion thanks to its Swedish nuclear bunker headquarters. This announcement came just a couple of days after UK Prime Minister David Cameron stated that the UK would not allow communications that are impossible for the feds to read, pointing to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as the reason the government must ‘have robust powers through our intelligence and security agencies in order to keep our people safe.’ The coincidence and contrast between both announcements is not only ironic it highlights significant differences in how governments and users are approaching the same problem, and they couldn’t be any more dissonant. Popular encrypted chat app Cryptocat has launched this week for iOS. Our survey data shows consumers are growing increasingly aware and sensitive to privacy and security breaches, and this is having an impact in their behavior. ![]() Encryption was until recently a concern mainly for tech-savvy users, but in the post-Snowden era, this has changed. The fact that Nadim Kobeissi developed Peerio as a Gmail-like tool, with IM and Google Drive features, is relevant because it targets mainstream users. The app is free on Windows and Mac, and a mobile version for Android and iOS is expected to debut soon. While this could mean anyone who hacks the users’ passphrase can access their data, Kobeissi says Peerio’s 30-character passphrase is designed to be nearly impossible to crack. Instead, it generates the key from the users’ passphrase each time they log in, and the key gets deleted once the session ends. Peerio is simpler than other encryption schemes like PGP in that it doesn’t require users to store their private encryption key. Peerio, however, is an encrypted productivity suite that includes an email component, an IM feature and online storage. Cryptocat became popular in wake of the NSA controversy, where the agency was found to intercept and snoop on communications. Wired reports Peerio was developed by Nadim Kobeissi, who also built Cryptocat and Minilock for encrypting instant messages and shared files. What’s strange is that Apple has already approved the Cryptocat Mac app on the Mac App Store, which requires developers to comply to similar rules. Peerio Aims to Bring App Encryption to the Masses :: Mobile Application and Cloud Strategies :: Yankee Group Although governments may not like it, app encryption is gaining steam, and a new free app called Peerio aims to make NSA-level encryption so easy just about anyone can use it.
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