My wish: WhisperSystems finally gets their act together and releases the TextSecure for iOS that they've been talking about for two years[1]. I still can't send a message from my Android phone to an iOS user. TextSecure is one of the best secure messengers out there[2], but until iOS support is out it's mostly proof of concept to me.<p>[1] <a href="https://whispersystems.org/blog/sure/" rel="nofollow">https://whispersystems.org/blog/sure/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard" rel="nofollow">https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard</a>
I'm confused about what is being leaked here.<p>The information which the writer says is somehow available unintentionally to my contacts is pretty much the information I provide freely to my contacts, e.g. my profile picture, status.<p>Okay my online/offline status, if I set that to hidden, fair enough, they should fix that, but I'm just a bit confused about the other bits.
"WhatsSpy Public is an web-oriented application that tracks every move of whoever you like to follow" is a stretch. When I read this clickbait headline I thought it could track GPS location, but the actual privacy leak is much less scary:<p>- Online/Offline status (even with privacy options set to "nobody")<p>- Profile pictures<p>- Privacy settings<p>- Status messages
I've been using WhatsApp on Android lately since I thought they partnered with TextSecure and were encrypting recent Android <-> Android messages behind the scenes. Is this not the case?<p>My impression was that WhatsApp was the most private/secure text messaging app at the moment, but this is making it seem like maybe it's not.