The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Tuesday released its Secure Messaging Scorecard, which rates messaging app security. Only six of more than three dozen tools the organization audited met all seven security requirements. They are ChatSecure, CryptoCat, Signal/Redphone, Silent Phone, Silent Text and TextSecure. Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime were the best of the mass-market options, although the EFF found that neither provided complete protection against sophisticated, targeted forms of surveillance. The NSA comes to mind.
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Scorecard Reveals 'Messaging App Security' Is an Oxymoron
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 6, 2014 11:34 AMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation on Tuesday released its Secure Messaging Scorecard, which rates messaging app security. Only six of more than three dozen tools the organization audited met all seven security requirements. They are ChatSecure, CryptoCat, Signal/Redphone, Silent Phone, Silent Text and TextSecure. Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime were the best of the mass-market options, although the EFF found that neither provided complete protection against sophisticated, targeted forms of surveillance. The NSA comes to mind.