The hacker and security researcher who goes by the name Moxie Marlinspike has spent the last years building a few of the most noteworthy recent inventions in applied cryptography.
Mr. Marlinspike created an encryption program that scrambles messages until they reach the intended reader. It’s so simple that Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp made it a standard feature for many of the app’s 800 million users.
“use “anything” that Mr. Marlinspike releases”
His latest app, Signal, promises users secure text messages and voice calls. He acknowledges that it still has some kinks. Calls can drop if a user receives a traditional phone call while on an encrypted call.
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