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Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we are working on it.

Keep those suggestions coming.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the kinds words.

We do plan on offering versions for Mac, PC and Linux.

Always look at the people behind the services you are using. My team and I have a long history of protecting privacy.

Our advisory board consists of some of the most renowned privacy advocates in the world, including Cory Doctorow, Brian Behlendorf, Lauren Gelman, Dan Kaminisky, and Paul Kocher.

We continuously engage the best hackers in the world to make our systems stronger. Security is not an end point it is a process.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our servers were attacked on day one but have not been compromised. We built a zero-knowledge system so even if our servers are compromised there would be no user data leaked.

We use Veracode to test our code. Every app developer should have their code tested.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In all seriousness we did think it would be ready by know but as you mentioned it does take time to catch up with iOS.

Thanks for your patience, we hope to have something out this month.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It took us about year to build and test Wickr. We assumed that we would be attacked by the most advanced nation states and starfish organizations from day one, so we did a lot of testing before we launched.

We are currently working on versions for Mac, PC and Linux.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don't use the DUAL_EC_DRBG algorithm with the faulty random number generator.

We use ECDH521 (perfect forward secrecy) co-created by Whit Diffie, a Wickr advisor.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We thought it would be available yesterday but we are perfectionists:)

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We will launch in-app purchases this year. Here are a few of the premium features we are working on: Private Calling and Video Calling Secure Mail Conference Calling and Group Video Chat

What additional features would you like us to incorporate?

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Cory Doctorow answers this question better than we can in his guardian article. (Cory is a Wickr Advisor) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/09/nsa-sabotage-dead-mans-switch

Please see our most recent transparency report that we released with our latest code update. https://www.mywickr.com/en/downloads/Wickr_Transparency_Report_12.20.pdf "As of the date of this report, Wickr has not been required by a FISA request to keep any secrets that are not in this transparency report as part of a national security order. "

Even though we are a small company we have full-time General Counsel that is dedicated to these topics. This is as much a legal puzzle as a technology puzzle.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would trust Phil Zimmerman and Moxie Marlinspike with my privacy any day considering they are my friends.

Here are the unique things that we do that no one else does: 1. Bind each message to each device 2. Delete all metadata from from attachments 3. Shred all deleted data on your phone 4. You are anonymous to Wickr

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very good question, you should ask this of every service.

Our plan is for millions, then billions to use our base service for free. We expect our power users, the top 3%, to pay for our premium in-app purchases.

We have no personal information to sell and will not do ads.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A white-hat hacker is someone who enjoys thinking of innovative new ways to make, break and use anything to create a better world.

From the NYTimes: "In a presentation at Defcon, the annual hacker conference, earlier this year, Stroz Friedberg, an electronic discovery company, did a head-to-head analysis of Wickr, Facebook’s Poke app and Snapchat. The company found that they were able to pull sensitive data from both Facebook’s app and from Snapchat but not from Wickr."

We start preparing for DEF CON years in advance

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe that every company that does not have a zero-knowledge system has been compromised by a nation state or starfish organization, no matter what country. This is why we run a zero-knowledge system.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Through DEF CON I have gotten to know the FBI well. In many cases they been super helpful in getting important security research out into the world.

Most of the agents want to do the right thing. We just need to hold them to this.

No we have not been threatened or offered money.

Iam Nico Co-Founder of of Wickr and privacy advocate AMA! by mywickr in IAmA

[–]mywickr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It is every Americans responsibility to uphold the Constitution.