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| 13.04.2023 | MLS (Messaging Layer Security) — единый протокол шифрования для всех приложений | Инженерный совет Интернета IETF официально принял стандарт Messaging Layer Security (MLS) — новый протокол сквозного шифрования сообщений поверх TLS. Это дополнительный уровень криптографии, который может покрыть все существующие приложения... |
| 07.01.2023 | This Week in Apps: 2022 in review | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly f... |
| 02.01.2023 | Top tech startup news for today, Monday, January 2, 2023: Amazon, Baidu, Gemini, Tesla, Wickr Me, Zomato | Happy New Year! It’s been a while since we last covered the top startup news of the day. We listened closely to you and overwhelmingly, a majority of you want us to resume the series. What better time to resume the series than at the beginn... |
| 02.01.2023 | Amazon Is Shutting Down the Consumer Version of Wickr | Amazon has announced it is shutting down Wickr Me, the consumer version of its ultra-secure messaging app.
Amazon acquired Wickr in June 2021. Wickr is a messaging app that offers end-to-end encryption and does not require a phone number or... |
| 25.11.2022 | Amazon Discontinues Food-Delivery Business in India, Two Years After Its Launch | Inno Flores, Tech Times 25 November 2022, 08:11 pm
Amazon will be shutting down 'Amazon Food' in India before the year ends, as the company retreats from the $20 billion estimate worth in 2020. The food-delivery service of the company launc... |
| 21.11.2022 | Amazon-owned Wickr is shutting down its free encrypted messaging app | Secure communications provider Wickr has announced that it will shutter its free encrypted messaging app, Wickr Me, next year.
Wickr was founded in 2011 and became one of the first mainstream end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, until it wa... |
| 21.11.2022 | Amazon Shutters Secure Messaging App One Year After Purchase | Amazon has announced that it is closing its messaging app, Wickr Me, just a year after it was purchased by the compay.
The closure is only expected to affect the consumer version of the app, which has attracted controversy this year, with o... |
| 20.11.2022 | Amazon-Owned Wickr Me Messaging App Is Shutting Down; New Signups Will Cease in December | Trisha Kae Andrada, Tech Times 20 November 2022, 12:11 pm
Wickr announced in a blog post that its free encrypted messaging app, Wickr Me, will be discontinued on December 31, 2023. The platform would no longer accept new users after Dec. 31... |
| 28.06.2021 | How will Benchmark change with this new era of venture capital? | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 25.06.2021 | Amazon acquires secure chat app used by government agencies | Amazon Web Services has acquired Wickr, a popular secure messaging platform, the company announced Friday.
It comes as Amazon's cloud-computing unit looks to pick up more government business. |
| 25.06.2021 | AWS has acquired encrypted messaging service Wickr | Amazon’s cloud services giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is getting into the encrypted messaging business. The company has just announced that it has acquired secure communications service Wickr — a messaging app that has geared itself towar... |
| 25.06.2021 | Amazon acquires Wickr, a secure and encrypted messaging app used by government agencies | Amazon Web Services (AWS), a cloud-computing business of Amazon, announced Friday it has acquired Wickr, a secure and encrypted messaging platform used by government agencies and enterprises. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
The an... |
| 08.04.2021 | Customs and Border Protection Paid $700,000 to Encrypted App Wickr | Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security, recently paid encr... |
| 26.02.2021 | The Consequences Of Choosing Speed Over Security | Joel Wallenstrom is the CEO & President of Wickr and a world-renowned information security expert. |
| 13.12.2020 | Why You Should Check These WhatsApp Risks While You’re Working | getty |
| 08.10.2020 | Six Reasons You Should Delete WhatsApp | This article was originally published on VICE Germany.
Big Tech is famous for its nefarious data collection methods. But, for whatever reason, Facebook-owned WhatsApp has flown relatively under the radar.
With 2 billion monthly users, the a... |
| 19.08.2020 | Why corporate communication tools are the new threat vector [Q&A] | In the new normal world where more work is being carried out remotely, corporate communications have increased in importance but they have also come under greater threat.
As the recent Twitter attack shows, communication tools offer hackers... |
| 30.06.2020 | Не только Zoom и Skype: обзор 34 бесплатных и платных программ для онлайн-звонков и видеоконференций | Мы сравнили 34 сервиса для видеосвязи по наличию 5 важных функций, а также по стоимости и количеству участников в одном звонке. Результат можно посмотреть в виде текста и таблиц — кому как удобнее.
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| 17.02.2019 | What business leaders can learn from Jeff Bezos’ leaked texts | Joel Wallenstrom Contributor
Joel Wallenstrom is president and chief executive of Wickr, a secure communications company. Before Wickr, Joel co-founded iSEC Partners, one of the world's leading information security research teams, later acq... |
| 23.08.2018 | Wickr teams up with Psiphon to ensure your packets arrive safely no matter where you are | Encrypted collaboration app Wickr has added a feather to its cap with a partnership with Psiphon, provider of smart VPN tools. Wickr will use Psiphon’s tech to guarantee your packets get where they need to go regardless of whether you’re at... |
| 12.08.2018 | Hacking the websites responsible for election information is so easy an 11-year-old did it | It’s time to talk about election security.
Over the weekend at Def Con, the annual hacker convention in Las Vegas to discuss some of the latest and greatest (or scariest) trends in the wild world of hacking, a pair of election security hack... |
| 30.04.2018 | DNC launches tech marketplace for Democratic candidates | The Democratic National Committee is trying to help Democrats regain the pole position as the tech-savviest political party in the U.S.
After getting Trumped in the 2016 election (pwned on security, data analysis and at the polls), the DNC ... |
| 26.02.2018 | Secure communications service Wickr is rolling out new free features | Wickr, the secure communications service, is bringing new features to its free users.
Already available to paying Wickr customers, users of Wickr’s “Me” service will also now be able to enjoy encrypted calling to protect against listening e... |
| 29.01.2018 | This Billionaire-Backed App Is Being Used to Buy and Sell Drugs | This article originally appeared on VICE UK. Dark net marketplaces are essentially Amazon.com of the underworld. Think of items you're not supposed to have, and chances are, you can buy them there: Assault rifles, credit card details, every... |
| 25.09.2017 | Exposure of your sensitive data isn’t a bug, it’s a feature | Joel Wallenstrom Contributor
Joel Wallenstrom is president and chief executive of Wickr, a secure communications company. Before Wickr, Joel co-founded iSEC Partners, one of the world's leading information security research teams, later acq... |
| 13.09.2017 | Nico Sell: ‘Stop Giving Away All Your Information For Free On Facebook’ | Nico Sell is part of a rare breed of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who don’t practice ‘tech evangelism’. The co-founder of the encrypted messaging app Wickr and the Wickr Foundation is a fierce critic of current business models based on mini... |
| 05.07.2017 | Taking the bite out of the non-malware threat | Joel Wallenstrom Contributor
Joel Wallenstrom is president and chief executive of Wickr, a secure communications company. Before Wickr, Joel co-founded iSEC Partners, one of the world's leading information security research teams, later acq... |
| 23.03.2017 | Lessons learned from the Russian hacking scandal and our ‘cyber’ election | Joel Wallenstrom Contributor
Joel Wallenstrom is president and chief executive of Wickr, a secure communications company. Before Wickr, Joel co-founded iSEC Partners, one of the world's leading information security research teams, later acq... |
| 20.01.2017 | Recommendations on cyber security for the 45th president… Use more hackers | Raj Shah Contributor
Raj Shah is Managing Director of Defense Innovation Unit Experimental at the United States Department of Defense.
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Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wic... |
| 05.01.2017 | Dear 45th President: Protect the United States by protecting the global web | Nico Sell Contributor
Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service.
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| 21.09.2016 | Kids need to reclaim their data and security… especially at school | Nico Sell Contributor
Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service.
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| 17.08.2016 | “Breaking Good” by teaching kids to hack at R00tz Asylum | Nico Sell Contributor
Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service.
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| 28.07.2016 | As surveillance gets smart, hackers get smarter | - |
| 17.07.2016 | Why metadata should not live forever | Nico Sell Contributor
Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service.
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| 13.07.2016 | Digital toxic waste (or why metadata shouldn’t live forever) | Nico Sell Contributor
Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service.
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| 23.05.2016 | Wickr Foundation invests in Whistler, an app dedicated to helping activists and citizen reporters | Earlier today at the Oslo Freedom Forum, the Wickr Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to private communication and uncensored information, announced its first investment in a new secure communications and education app for human... |
| 06.05.2016 | Why is Brazil trying to block WhatsApp? | - |
| 05.05.2016 | Why Brazil is trying to block WhatsApp | - |
| 13.03.2016 | The two misconceptions dominating the encryption debate | Nico Sell Contributor
Nico Sell is the founder of Wickr Foundation, and co-founder and co-chairman at Wickr -- a self-destructing, secure, private, anonymous messaging service.
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| 06.05.2015 | Wickr debuts non-profit to promote a free and open Web | Wickr Foundation will be headed by Nico Sell, while the Wickr platform gets Mark Fields as new CEO
Messaging startup Wickr came to prominence last year, in the wake of the NSA scandal, with the mission of giving users privacy and security. ... |
| 06.05.2015 | Encrypted Chat App Wickr Creates New Non-Profit Arm, Nico Sell Steps Down As CEO To Lead It | Some big changes ahead for Wickr, the messaging app that emerged in the wake of the NSA private data leaks to offer consumers an encrypted, more secure alternative to mainstream services like Facebook.
As of today, the company is splitting ... |
| 31.03.2015 | Is it possible to circumvent metadata retention and retain your privacy? | There has been quite a lot discussion lately on how to avoid metadata retention, particularly in the context of leaking sensitive information to journalists.
Notable examples have come from journalist Laura Tingle and, rather surprisingly, ... |
| 28.01.2015 | Wickr Promises To Keep Images Super Secret. Cat Lovers Will Love It | Quinten Plummer, Tech Times 28 January 2015, 07:01 am
The Wickr Timed Feed is a service that hides images in plain sight, slipping private pictures behind adorable cat photos, and allowing only authorized parties to see beyond the wall of f... |
| 27.01.2015 | Wickr launches Timed Feeds — its “Instagram killer” | Today self-destructing mobile messenger Wickr is launching a photo feed to compete with the likes of Instagram and Facebook.
Wickr’s new photo feed is called Wickr Timed Feeds (WTF) and allows users to create feeds of photos that self-destr... |
| 27.01.2015 | Encrypted Messaging App Wickr Hides Behind Cats To Post Facebook Pics Privately | Cat photos are some of the most popular images on the web today, and encrypted messaging service Wickr is tapping into that, along with one of the classic tricks of the spy trade called steganography, to mark its first foray into the wider ... |
| 02.01.2015 | Offshoring Data Won’t Protect It From The NSA | Timothy H. Edgar Contributor
Tim Edgar is a visiting fellow at Brown University. He served in the Obama White House as the first-ever Director of Privacy and Civil Liberties for the National Security Staff and has been a privacy lawyer for ... |
| 28.10.2014 | Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all | What’s worse than no privacy? Fake, malfunctioning “privacy” apps.
A slew of anonymous apps and ephemeral messaging services have popped up in the last few years — some in direct response to news of data collection by the National Security ... |
| 28.10.2014 | Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 30.09.2014 | Payment Network Dwolla Picks Up A Strategic $9.7M Led By CME Group | On the same day that eBay announced that it plans to spin off its payments business PayPal, a smaller payments competitor has quietly announced another round of funding to continue building out its own platform. Dwolla — the startup that is... |
| 25.09.2014 | Why There Are So Many New Kinds Of Messaging Apps | This is the last part of ReadWrite’s four-part series on the future of messaging. Follow our ongoing coverage of messaging.
When text messaging first spread, we got 160-character texts. Then multimedia messaging added photos to the mix—if y... |
| 17.09.2014 | BitTorrent’s Encrypted P2P Chat App Bleep Opens To The Public, Adds Mac, Android Clients | In the rush of new services for consumers that are concerned about their data privacy, make room for another messaging app. Peer-to-peer file distribution service BitTorrent is today announcing the public availability of Bleep — its encrypt... |
| 03.09.2014 | 5 Tricks to Keep Your Personal Photos Safe | There is an ongoing debate about online privacy due to the recent iCloud hack that targeted celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, which lead to leaks of their private pictures on the web. Of course this is a terrible ordeal,... |
| 27.08.2014 | Dolby Family Ventures Participates in Wickr $30 Million Series B Round | - |
| 20.07.2014 | Tired of being spied on? These startups try to keep your secrets safe | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The private messaging arena is so hot right now that, as I’m writing this story, my inbox is filling up with story pitches about the la... |
| 20.07.2014 | Tired of being spied on? These startups try to keep your secrets safe | The private messaging arena is so hot right now that, as I’m writing this story, my inbox is filling up with story pitches about the launch of yet another ephemeral messaging app.
And it’s not just product launches: These apps are getting m... |
| 27.06.2014 | Wickr Raises $30M in Series B Round | Wickr, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a communication platform, raised $30m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Jim Breyer, the Founder/CEO of Breyer Capital, who is joining the board, with participation from CME Group and Wa... |
| 26.06.2014 | Wickr raises $30M for ultra-ephemeral messaging | The company closes its Series B round just four months after raising a $9M Series A
Just four months after raising a $9 million Series A round, self-destructing messaging startup Wickr has gone ahead and raised a $30 million Series B round.... |
| 26.06.2014 | Self-destructing messaging app Wickr scores $30M led by Jim Breyer | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
At this point, it’s clear that the disappearing message market isn’t just going to fade away.
Wickr, an app that lets you securely send... |
| 26.06.2014 | Secure Messaging App Wickr Raises $30 Million Series B | Self-destructing and encrypted messaging app Wickr raised $30 million in Series B funding, the company is announcing today, in a round led by Jim Breyer, founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, with participation from CME Group and Wargaming. Br... |
| 03.03.2014 | Wickr raises $9M for self-destructing messages | The mobile app takes privacy to a new level with military-grade encryption and more
Every time I hear one of those stories of a person who went through their parents’ letters and diaries after they died and “learned so much about who they r... |
| 03.03.2014 | Wickr Raises $9M in Series A Funding | Wickr, a San Francisco, California-based free app enabling users to send secret messages, raised $9m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Gilman Louie of Alsop Louie (joining the Wickr board of directors) with strategic participation f... |
| 03.03.2014 | Self-Destructing And Encrypted Message App Wickr Raises $9M Series A Led By Alsop Louie | The sale of WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion and the heightened awareness of data security in an NSA-watched world have created a perfect storm for apps that offer messaging with a privacy-first ethos. Wickr, which lets users send encry... |
| 03.03.2014 | Wickr, a self-destructing messaging app, picks up $9M from Alsop Louie, Knight Foundation | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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