back to article Wire offers secure video chat

Messaging app Wire has added fully private video messaging to its platform. The new feature is integrated with the existing chat app, adding secure, non-tracked and advertising-free video messaging. Wire, the privacy-focused communications app backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, boasts that it is the first messaging …

  1. Dan 55 Silver badge

    No Linux version...

    Also, how are they going to make money?

    1. teller

      Re: No Linux version...

      There's no Linux native client but our webapp has full functionality and works nicely on Linux. Hope that helps for now.

      In terms of monetization - Wire is backed by Iconical (Janus Friis, Skype co-founder is one of the partners) and we'll monetize with premium features in the future.

  2. Sir Alien

    Banned software.....

    So a vendor has released software that is either banned or not secure (under proposed snoopers charter). Either we cannot use the software in the UK unless companies provide a back door to it or it is not really secure because of a compulsory back door (eventually).

    I see software just all going open-source and people just compiling their own security in from source.

    - S.A

    1. teller

      Re: Banned software.....

      Hi S.A.

      Not sure where the "banned" argument comes from. UK has not outlawed encryption so Wire is perfectly legal, with no backdoors. We've made security and privacy whitepapers available on our website and published all our encryption related code as open source on Github.

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