Signal - Private Messenger

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Mr. Robot is a show built on hacks. The mother of all hacks serves as the big cliffhanger at the end of the show's first season, and nearly every plot development leading up to it was nudged along by some kind of exploit. It’s rare to get through an episode without at least one digital intrusion, often drawn from real life. Each week, we'll be running through Mr. Robot's C Y B E R activities — who got hacked, why, and how much magic would be required to make them actually work....

Signal is getting a major upgrade, with new texting features and a reorganized design rolling out on iOS today. Built as an easy system for encrypted chat, Signal launched last year with support for voice calls, but starting today, users will be able to send text, picture and video through the app, all of which will be encrypted before it leaves your phone. Since Signal doesn't hold the encryption keys, the company can't decrypt any of the data in transit, even if requested by law enforcement. "We...

Basically, how to hide on the Internet.

Encryption is hard. As the NSA leaks create new demand for secure voice and texting apps, it’s a lesson developers have learned over and over. It’s not just writing secure code — although that’s hard too — but ending up with a program that your average user can actually navigate....