"Pryvate" Have anybody tried this Mobile Application?

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"Pryvate" Have anybody tried this Mobile Application?

Postby R_Head » 28 Feb 2016, 18:30

Pryvate

Launched in November 2015, Cryptique’s Pryvate is intended for use by businesses as competition for high-end mobile security such as the Blackphone/Silent Circle which embeds software inside a secured version of Android. As with that service, Pryvate is another do-it-all voice, video, messaging, IM, secure file transfer, and secure storage app (integrating with Dropbox, One drive, BOX) and will integrate with third-party email clients for added convenience.

On the subject of Silent Circle, the underlying voice and IM protocol used by Pryvate is Phil Zimmermann’s ZRTP perfect forward secrecy encryption. Other features is IP shielding whereby uses can bypass VoIP and IM blocking without giving away their real IP address – the app tunnels across the Internet using Pryvate’s own UK Jersey-based servers.

The mobile service costs £4.68 (about $7) per month as a subscription but can be used after the one-month trial in the form of PryvateLite, which allows full secure IM and picture sharing with unlimited phone calls up to a duration of 1 minute. We’re not sure how practical that would be to use but it’s an option. A version including desktop capability is available for $9.99 (about $14) per month.

Security: 4096-bit encryption, with AES 256-bit key management. Complex mini PKI design with perfect forward secrecy design.

Pro: mature underlying technology, messaging, IM, video, voice and storage integration

Con: free service a bit limited despite reasonable month subscription

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Re: "Pryvate" Have anybody tried this Mobile Application?

Postby viking60 » 28 Feb 2016, 23:42

Looks interesting.
End to End encryption is usually a good thing... reading up on it....But as you know I don't use Smartphones...I use dumb phones...because they are the smart ones...
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