Facebook cripples chat encryption app that promised users extra privacy
Chat encryption app, Crypter, that seemed to offer a secure way to communicate with your Facebook friends has effectively depreciated in functionality after Facebook made changes to its platform to prevent the app from working. Available as an extension for Chrome and Firefox, Crypter’s purpose was to encrypt your Facebook messages as a user is typing them. Created by Sussex University student Max Mitchell, the app was designed to let you and your Facebook friends put your messages into a cipher with an agreed-upon password. Once the correct password had been entered, Crypter users could decode the content of conversation. This is how encrypted messages appeared before…
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