TextSecure
Sign in to saveTextSecure was an encrypted messaging application for Android that was developed from 2010 to 2015. It was a predecessor to Signal and the first application to use the Signal Protocol, which has since been implemented into WhatsApp and other applications. TextSecure used end-to-end encryption to secure the transmission of text messages, group messages, attachments and media messages to other TextSecure users.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- 100px
- Software.screenshot
- 80px85px85px
- Software.caption
- Screenshots of TextSecure
- Software.author
- Moxie Marlinspikeand Stuart Anderson(Whisper Systems)
- Software.developer
- Open Whisper Systems and community
- Software.latest release version
- 2.28.1()
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.replaced_by
- merged with RedPhone to become Signal
- Software.operating_system
- Android
- Software.size
- 11 MB
- Software.language
- 34 languages
- Software.programming language
- Java (client and server)
- Software.genre
- Encrypted instant messaging
- Software.license
- GPLv3 (client),AGPLv3 (server)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- whispersystems.org
- Image
- TextSecure conversation.png
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- Commons category
- TextSecure
- source code repository URL
- github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-Server
- publication date
- 2010-05-25
- software version identifier
- 7.54.1
- discontinuation date
- 2015-11-02
- inception
- 2010-05-25
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Whisper Systems and Twitter (2010–2011)
- Open Whisper Systems (2013–2015)
- Features
- Limitations
- Architecture
- Encryption protocol
- Servers
- Licensing
- Distribution
- Audits
- Reception
- Developers and funding
- See also
- References
- Literature
- External links
TextSecure was an encrypted messaging application for Android that was developed from 2010 to 2015. It was a predecessor to Signal and the first application to use the Signal Protocol, which has since been implemented into WhatsApp and other applications. TextSecure used end-to-end encryption to secure the transmission of text messages, group messages, attachments and media messages to other TextSecure users.
TextSecure was first developed by Whisper Systems, who were later acqui-hired by Twitter. The application's source code was then released under a free and open-source software license. In 2013, TextSecure's development was picked up by an independent group called Open Whisper Systems, who merged it with an encrypted voice calling application called RedPhone and renamed the product as Signal.