Encrypted Chat Apps: Which is Best?
It's been said that sending an email is like sending a postcard-you should assume that it's viewable by many others. While this is true, it's only true because trusted third parties-that is, the email providers-have been discovered to either be viewing message contents themselves, or revealing them to additional third parties (e.g. governments or....
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Paolo Ardoino, CTO at crypto exchange Bitfinex, announced the launch of a new peer-to-peer (P2P) video chat app integrated with Bitcoin payment, called Keet. Via Twitter, Ardoino confirmed the app was built on top of the Holepunch framework, a platform created to remove friction from the process of building P2P apps, and it will use […]
Joshua Zipkin's leaked Skype chat with customers from his business, AMT, has gone viral, but its legitimacy has been in question until today. Dan Gul, you might remember him as "customer1" from the chat transcript, has come forth to discuss how the chat originated and his views on the chat in this exclusive interview. He is an outspoken member of the AMT community and claims he was once invited by Joshua to go into business together. Interview With Dan Gul: AMT Skype Chat Customer1. You stated that the leaked Skype chat is real and that you were customer1 in the chat, correct? Are you....
Continuing the search for secure, cross-platform, end-to-end encrypted chat and VoIP communication software, this article is part 2 of a series on encrypted Skype alternatives. Skype, Microsoft's voice over IP (VoIP) software, has been shown to be insecure on various levels over the years. The Snowden leaks have revealed it to be more of a mass surveillance malware than a secure communications platform. Secure communications like those between you and a friend as you sip coffee in your backyard are the ideal of end-to-end (E2E) encrypted online communications. We want the same security, if....
Rumor has it that Chat-GPT is developing a new OpenAI model – Chat-GPT 4.5 – that could be 20x more expensive than the original version. And such news is casting a light on the best AI tokens anticipated to jump 100x. Chat-GPT 4.5’s enhanced creativity and emotional intelligence (EQ) are likely what will contribute to […]