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Viber Update Brings End-To-End Encryption and Hidden Chats (gsmarena.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the end-to-end-encryption dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The new hip thing to do if you're a developer of a messaging app is to encrypt everyone's messages -- everyone's doing it! WhatsApp announced earlier this month all messages being sent through the service will now be end-to-end encrypted. Today, Viber has announcd it is doing something similar. All messages being sent through the latest version of the app will be end-to-end encrypted. To confirm messages are being encrypted, a padlock icon will appear in the chat UI. The latest version of the app is already available in the iOS App Store and Android Google Play Store. Viber is one of the largest messaging platforms with over 700 million users. Hidden chats can also be found in the new update. Users can hide select chats with people and access/display them with a PIN or Touch ID.

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  1. Is Viber written using the Rust programming lang? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is Viber written using the Rust programming language? It's getting to the point where the only software I'll trust is software written in Rust. It's like being a vegan in a lot of ways. It's healthier for you, but it can also make life more difficult. For example I've switched to using Servo for all of my web browsing, since it's written in Rust. Servo is still a young project, though, so there are some rough edges. But since it's written in Rust I have a lot more trust for it than I do of other software.

    I would really like to use a realtime mobile chat app written in Rust. I would also like to use a mobile OS that's fully written in Rust, too. I wish that Google would port Android to Rust. I'd really, really like it if I could use a software stack that's 100% rust from the OS up to the apps. I'd feel so much safer using that software because I know that Rust is all about safety and writing code that's pretty much unbreakable.

  2. Re:Signal? by chihowa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pssh, all of the important details are in the summary: "To confirm messages are being encrypted, a padlock icon will appear in the chat UI."

    What more do you need to know?

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