How Blockchain is Disrupting Secure Messaging
Blockchain is evolving into a new foundation for the internet. What began as a closed web is transitioning into an open source system driven by decentralized systems. Every sector is now adopting this technology to better serve its customers. Social communication, in particular, is seeing a lot of promise from blockchain solutions. Popular messaging apps like Instagram and Meta have joined the Web3 bandwagon, offering blockchain solutions like cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. On the other hand, a wave of new blockchain-based messaging apps are emerging with innovative solutions. Security,....
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Secured messaging has become crucially important. Blackberry used to be known for it, but the user needed their hardware. WhatsApp is more functional, but still requires a centralized, fallible infrastructure. Enter blockchain and DARPA… If you were to look up Topic # SB162-004 SBIR/ STTR Web Portal (I do not know why you ever would…) you find an interesting description of a secure messaging platform that DARPA hopes to create. DARPA’s objective is to: Create a secure messaging and transaction platform that separates the message creation, from the transfer (transport) and reception of the....
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released its Secure Messaging Scorecard for secure private messaging, evaluating dozens of messaging technologies on a range of security best practices. EFF Technology Projects Director Peter Eckersley said: "The revelations from Edward Snowden confirm that governments are spying on our digital lives, devouring all communications that aren't protected by encryption. Many new tools claim to protect you, but don't include critical features like end-to-end encryption or secure deletion. This scorecard gives you the facts you need to choose the right....
Both the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and NATO have put out requests for military-related apps built on blockchain technology, Quartz reports. DARPA wants to leverage blockchain technology to create a secure messaging service. The request for proposals, titled “Secure Messaging Platform” and listed under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, targets a messaging platform able to transfer messages via a secure decentralized protocol that will be secured across multiple channels, including, but not limited to:....
A major US defense agency devoted to advanced R&D is seeking to create a secure, blockchain-based messaging system. Disclosure of the still-theoretical system, comes courtesy of a notice posted to the website of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAPRA), an office in the US Department of Defense (DoD) that has long played a role in promoting emerging technologies. Among the more famous DARPA projects as ARPANET, a predecessor of today’s Internet. According to the notice, DARPA is seeking pitches for a "secure messaging system" that would use a "decentralized....
Microsoft and India-based cloud communications firm Tanla Platforms have launched a blockchain-based communications platform-as-a-service aimed to offer more private and secure messaging. Read more: Indian Users Almost 5 Times More Likely to Encounter Crypto Hacking: Microsoft Report