Posted on 03 November 2014. A group of German researchers have audited TextSecure, the popular open source encrypted messaging application for Android, and the news is good. After fixing a particular vulnerability found in the app's cryptographic protocol, TextSecure can offer what its creators wanted: one-time stateful authenticated encryption, i.e. authenticity and confidentiality of sent and received messages.
Since the moment Facebook acquired WhatsApp, there has been an increased interest for software that will assure secure IM communication. Among the most popular ones are Surespot, Threema and TextSecure.
This group of researchers chose to analyze TextSecure because its code is open source. Full Article
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