The security of our smartphones is an obsession for many, and most messaging applications such as WhatsApp, leave something to be desired in this area, with holes that make it easy for kids NSA snooping in our conversations as if They were so interesting, but now comes to Android Signal , a messaging application that brings the approval of the same Edward Snowden.
This is an open source application developed by Open Whisper Systems, which has also developed RedPhone and TextSecure , both applications are now integrated into Signal, which allows sending text, video or encrypted end-to-end images so that neither Open Whisper can know what you’re sending. TextSecure users receive an update and renamed RedPhone and users will be invited to install the new application.
Similar to other instant messaging applications, Signal you allows you to use your phone number and your address book to find your contacts , and the developers have promised that we will see a desktop version shortly. TextScure technology has been adopted by, for example, Whatsapp to improve their security, and application code is available on Github
Signal reached sponsored by none other than Edward Snowden, responsible for having exposed to the world the massive NSA spying with Prism, it can serve to guarantee more concerned about their safety.
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