Cryptocat 2.2.1
Device: Mac OS
Category: Social Networking
Price: Free, Version: 2.1.23 -> 2.2.1 (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
Cryptocat 2.2 brings a major new feature: Encrypted Facebook Chat!
Load your Facebook Chat contacts within Cryptocat. Cryptocat will detect other Facebook friends using Cryptocat and will allow you to immediately set up encrypted chat.
You can still chat with regular Facebook contacts from within Cryptocat, but the conversations won't be encrypted. If a Facebook friend also logs in via Cryptocat, your chat will be immediately upgraded to an encrypted Cryptocat chat. Your encrypted chats cannot be viewed by Facebook or by Cryptocat since they are encrypted via the OTR protocol.
Both individuals must be using Cryptocat (or an OTR-enabled client) for this feature to work. A blog post will be published upon release clarifying this feature further.
Cryptocat 2.2 also brings:
* Typing notifications have been redesigned to be less intrusive, after complaints from users.
* Cryptocat's buddy list now maintains automatic alphabetic ordering.
* Fixed a bug that could render the authentication status inaccurately in rare circumstances.
* Updates to many of Cryptocat's translations.
* Tons of small fixes and improvements.
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