Category: Encrypted Messaging

As the Wickr community continues to grow, our engineering & crypto teams are developing new tools and techniques to protect user information while continuously improving our existing security architecture. Joël Alwen, Cryptographer June 13, 2017 One of the core concepts that we work with is “bit security,” which refers to

Secure messengers have long wrestled with how to balance contact discovery process with protecting both the privacy ofusers’ identity and their contact lists. JOËL ALWEN, WICKR CRYPTOGRAPHER March 30, 2017 Each product team makes its decisions on how to design its apps based on the security and business models at

It’s no news to anyone in the technology industry, particularly security experts, that advanced teams are dedicating resources to create and acquire exploits and bypass encryption. Joel Wallenstrom, Wickr CEO & President & Joël Alwen, Wickr Cryptographer March 7, 2017 It has been a race between those working to enable

At Wickr, we build world-class communications products that must scale and be hardened against a wide range of sophisticated attacks. In doing so, it is critical that our crypto design and code are easy to review and are vetted by our peers. Joel Wallenstrom February 15, 2017 Wickr has actively

Joel Wallenstrom January 20, 2017A lot has been said and debated about the Guardian’s claim that one of the largest consumer messaging networks has a built-in backdoor. To us at Wickr, two things are clear: 1. Enabling a billion consumers to have easy access to end-to-end encryption is a tremendous step forward for

A very wise man once said “we are at the knee of the curve for deployment of a different model of computation”.Joel Wallenstrom December 6, 2016 Those words stuck with me not just because they were Dan Geer’s (or because everything he says is cool and elegant)* but because this 2014

I am very excited to announce that I have joined Wickr as CEO and President and want to share a few thoughts about my vision for the company and its role in advancing privacy and transparency. Joel Wallenstrom November 2, 2016 My first thought is simple: individuals, governments, and corporations

This fall has been rich in cyber security and privacy news, both domestically and internationally.November 6, 2015 The U.S. – China cyber agreements announced by President Obama and President Xi Jinping are an important first step in addressing bilateral tension over the growing number of cyber attacks against American companies.

As the Internet continues its growth as a global resource enabling commerce, free speech, and private communications, it is crucial that widely employed security standards are continuously tested, examined and advanced by the information security community. October 24, 2015 With that in mind, the Wickr team welcomes Imperfect Forward Secrecy,

Wickr Messenger is now available on Mac, Windows and Linux computers in addition to Apple and Android mobile devices. This is the first desktop communication app to seamlessly incorporate perfect forward secrecy, picture, video and voice sharing. All messages are now synced across multiple devices on both desktop and mobile.

As a longtime privacy advocate, I have worked relentlessly towards creating a world in which encryption is available to everyone. As a human rights activist, I live everyday with the belief that secure communication should be universally attainable. With these goals in mind, I’m excited to share that Wickr has

New Funding Accelerates Wickr’s Secure Communication Platform for Financial Services and Gaming The need for a secure communication platform within financial services and gaming is exploding. To meet this need, we decided to raise an additional $30 million Series B investment much sooner than expected. In March, Wickr closed over