Cryptocat 2.1.17
Device: Mac OS
Category: Social Networking
Price: Free, Version: 2.1.16 -> 2.1.17 (iTunes)
Description:“Cryptocat has a simple, countercultural goal: people should be able to talk on the Internet without being subjected to surveillance.” — NYTimes
16th Annual Webby Awards Honoree, Social Media Category. — Webby Awards
Cryptocat lets you chat with privacy. It encrypts your chats, is translated into 32 languages and you already know how to use it.
Have encrypted, private conversations.
Cryptocat is free, open chat that aims to provide an open, accessible Instant Messaging environment with a transparent layer of encryption that's easy to use.
Easily have group conversations with your friends without fearing monitoring or interception.
Cryptocat is developed by privacy advocates, for privacy advocates. Big Data providers continue to amass gigantic amounts of personal information without providing any guarantee of privacy, while encryption remains largely inaccessible. This means that a lot of what you do online is not within your control, but rather susceptible to governmental or corporate interception.
Cryptocat aims to bridge the gap for those who need encrypted communications that are easily accessible.
What's New
- **Security fix**: A bug which moderately weakened the keys used for group chat was fixed. The reduction in security is not thought to be enough to allow for the easy brute-forcing of keys. The buggy update (2.1.16) was available for less than six days before this bug was detected. We thank security researcher Steve Thomas for his incredibly valuable contributions to Cryptocat.
- Fixed a sometimes-incorrect alignment of warning messages in the user interface.
- The "message received" audio notification sound was redone. The sound was composed by Rich Vreeland.
- Usability improvements were made to the Authentication Question (SMP) feature.
- Improvements were made to the German translation.
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