Wire is a communication application that is developed by former employees of Skype, Apple, and Microsoft. It is funded by Skype co-founder Mr. Janus Friis.
The application, with a new updated version, can boast full encryption of all communications.
Wire is one of the many communication apps that came after Snowden's revelations about global surveillance programs, but it did not support end-to-end encryption from the start.
The new version promises to encrypt chat, audio and video messages, which makes it stand out from most similar services.
The protocol used by the encryption application for text and image messages is called Axolotl, it is open source, and is used not only by Wire, but also by other "secure" communication applications such as Signal and Silent Phone.
Voice and video calls, on the other hand, use WebRTCand DTLS for basic processes and negotiation and authentication, while the SRTP protocol is used for encrypted media transport.
H application comes completely free and the company states in the privacy policy that it does not collect sensitive data such as: “the content of your conversation” “the time and date of your conversations”, and that it does not store the content of calls.
It is available as a desktop application for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS, as well as a web service accessible from your browser. It requires an account with an email address and password.
The company operates from Switzerland, one of the most privacy-friendly countries in the world.
We should mention that it is a project that comes completely free. This of course raises the question: “how are the employed programmers compensated?” All the necessary money comes from Mr. Janus Friis;
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