![]() ![]() I love this app and I’m a little sad that the dev team was picked up my Zoom, but I hope this product continues to become better and better. These protocols provide confidentiality of sessions (with Double Ratchet) and groups (with MLS) once the participants in a conversation have been identified. Keybase is described as new and free security app for mobile phones and computers.For the geeks among us: its open source and powered by public-key cryptography and is a very popular Encrypted Chat app in the security & privacy category. Let’s see what keybase does amazingly:1) Encrypted with no extra steps2) Requires no identifying information to create a profile 3) Works on multiple devices seamlessly4) Easy and fun to use5) BONUS: built-in crypto wallet to as a nice replacement for venmo/zelle and introduction to crypto for newbies!6) other neat features: cloud storage up to 250gb, git repos, big teams (slack-like messenger for FREE), bot integrations, the list goes on.What can be improved:1) sluggish, but i assume it’s because of the encryption/decryption steps2) race for good usernames and cannot change usernames afterwardsThe only app i feel even completes close to this space is Status Encrypted Messenger, but it has high hurdles because of ultra-anonymous nature and account seeds being improperly stored/lost. Keybase offers the option of sharing your location into conversations in chat from the mobile app. Keybase Book: Keybase Docs Chat Here is the technical documentation for chat: Crypto describes the use of cryptography in chat. I have been looking for an encrypted and easy-to-use messenger as a longtime disappointed user of iMessages/Signal/WhatsApp. This makes identity proofs publicly verifiable instead of having to trust that the service is being truthful, a user can find and check the relevant proof.
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