Cryptocat 2.1.13
Device: Mac OS
Category: Social Networking
Price: Free, Version: 2.1.12 -> 2.1.13 (iTunes)
Description:“Cryptocat has a simple, countercultural goal: people should be able to talk on the Internet without being subjected to surveillance.” — NYTimes16th Annual Webby Awards Honoree, Social Media Category. — Webby AwardsCryptocat lets you chat with privacy. It encrypts your chats, is translated into 32 languages and you already know how to use it. Have encrypted, private conversations.Cryptocat is free, open chat that aims to provide an open, accessible Instant Messaging environment with a transparent layer of encryption that's easy to use.Easily have group conversations with your friends without fearing monitoring or interception.Cryptocat is developed by privacy advocates, for privacy advocates. Big Data providers continue to amass gigantic amounts of personal information without providing any guarantee of privacy, while encryption remains largely inaccessible. This means that a lot of what you do online is not within your control, but rather susceptible to governmental or corporate interception.Cryptocat aims to bridge the gap for those who need encrypted communications that are easily accessible.
What's New
- Group chat in this version of Cryptocat is not compatible with previous versions. In order to be able to use group chat, all participants must update to Cryptocat 2.1.13 or higher. Due to this, this release will be delayed until it can be rolled out simultaneously across all platforms. Updating is highly recommended. - Important change: the "Block" feature has been changed to an "Ignore" feature. You may ignore messages from users, but you can no longer prevent them from receiving your messages. Ignored users will have a strikethrough through their nickname, displayed in the buddy list. - New feature: SMP authentication. You can now authenticate a buddy's identity by asking them a secret question. - New feature: Message previews! Private messages for conversations not in focus are now previewed via small speech bubbles that appear next to the buddy list. - Fixed an issue where users may be able to send group chat messages to certain participants, but not to others. - Fixed a bug where Cryptocat would not allow the file transfer of certain types of ZIP files. - Fixed an issue where Cryptocat would display private messages if they were received without encryption. Now, all unencrypted messages are dropped. - Cryptocat's user interface has been improved in numerous areas. - Add warnings for decryption failures and for situations where Cryptocat thinks a user in the conversation is sending cryptographically suspicious messages. - Fixed a bug that would prevent buddy submenus from working if more than one was open at the same time. - Some work was done to resolve some potential openings for cryptographic timing attacks. - Fixed a bug that would prevent disconnection and logout messages from displaying properly to the user disconnecting or logging out. - User join and part notifications and messages now include timestamps. - Fixed a bug that would add an unnecessary scroll bar to the application window. - Fixed a bug that would prevent more than two cat facts from being displayed in one session. - Cryptocat now bounces the dock when new messages are received. - Many translation mistakes and typos have been fixed. - Many other small improvements and bug fixes.
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