“For a majority of user-cases, this metadata storage is not a deal-breaker. Unfortunately, the chat metadata will, while minimal, be registered by Facebook, so the company knows (and can share the knowledge if required) who you have been taking to. With the new Cryptocat, if two users use it and chat over Facebook, the chats “will be OTR-encrypted end-to-end and can’t be viewed by Facebook (or Cryptocat’s network.)” “Effectively, what Cryptocat is doing is benefitting from your Facebook Chat contact list as a readily available buddy list.”Īs a reminder, regular Facebook chats are encrypted between users and Facebook’s servers, but Facebook has access to the content. If a Facebook friend later logs in via Cryptocat, your chat will be immediately upgraded to an encrypted Cryptocat chat,” Kobeissi announced proudly on Monday. “Cryptocat can now log into your Facebook account for you, fetch your Facebook contacts, and if another contact is also using Cryptocat, you’ll be able to automatically set up an end-to-end encrypted chat. It’s an easy way to add some privacy to your social interchanges. Mere days after Cryptocat creator Nadim Kobeissi announced that the latest update of the popular software will allow Facebook users to use encrypted chat, the social network has made known its intention of shutting down its Chat API/XMPP Services by April 30th 2015.Īs Kobeissi himself pointed out in a number of occasions, Cryptocat can’t foil the NSA if they are specifically after your encrypted communication, but can hamper mass surveillance efforts.
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