Silence (software)
Silence is a free, open-source messaging encryption software, based on a fork from TextSecure software. It allows the secure exchange of SMS and MMS-type messages with other Silence or TextSecure users. The program allows message encryption and identity verification between correspondents by comparing the fingerprint of the encryption keys.[1][2] HistoryTextSecure started as an application for sending and receiving encrypted SMS messages in 2015.[3] However, its beta version was released in May 2010, by Whisper Systems, a startup co-founded by security researcher Moxie Marlinspike and roboticist Stuart Anderson.[4] The software was therefore published under a free and open-source license, under the terms of the GPLv3 in December 2011.[4][5] Marlinspike left Twitter to create Open Whisper Systems as a collaborative open-source project, enabling the development of TextSecure.[6][7] The Open Whisper Systems institutional website was presented to the public in January 2013. The port of TextSecure to iOS started in March 2013.[7][8] References
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