Just use the mobile web site. I'm doing it because of the zillion of permissions the FB app ask and it is good enough.
However they could do it with Whatsapp. There is no alternative to that.
However they could do it with Whatsapp. There is no alternative to that.
They say there is good E2E encryption. Great claims require great proof.
Of course, it's not totally trustworthy, because in the end it's still a proprietary app, distributed as a binary blob, connecting to proprietary servers, for which you can't have access to the source code and in spite of any well meaning partnerships, they can always push an update that undoes all of that.
But you know, at this point that's still better and more trustworthy than other mainstream alternatives. So now I have WhatsApp installed.
Then again, Moxie said he himself oversaw the implementation of the encryption and that he has trust in it...
"I was very closely involved for the integration, had full access to the source code, did plenty of review, and have a lot of confidence in the engineers that are maintaining it.
There are plenty of engineers in the world who are capable of inspecting the binaries they're distributing, so it would be incredibly risky of them to inject surveillance code client side."
Is that feasible client-side without burning all your battery?
However, a secondary stream from the app to a different endpoint would be detectable, so there are other practical challenges to the GP's scenario.
[1] https://www.usenix.org/event/usenix10/tech/full_papers/Carro...