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What is Wickr Wickr Messenger allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted and content-expiring messages, and make end-to-end encrypted video conference calls. Wickr was founded in 2012 by a group of security experts who wanted to implement new standards of data privacy that had been previously available only to military and intelligence operatives. According to the …
About Viber Viber is a cross-platform voice over IP and instant messaging software operated by Rakuten. The software app is provided as freeware for Android, Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux platforms. Initially the messenger was developed in 2010 by the Israel-based Viber Media, which was then bought by Rakuten in 2014. According to …
What it is? TikTok, an emerging app is rapidly gaining popularity. It recently unseated Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat as the top free app in Apple’s App Store[i]. As of Nov. 6 2018, according to industry research firm App Annie, the app ranked first among photo and video apps in daily iPhone downloads in the US[ii]. …
What is it? Kik is a free instant messaging app, which works on iPhones, Androids and Kindles. As of May 2016, Kik Messenger had approximately 300 million registered users, and was used by approximately 40% of United States teenagers[i]. Of its 15 million monthly active users, 57% are in the 13-24 age bracket[ii]. The functionality …
All over the news there has been hype surrounding the alleged Huawei spying on the US users through its products so not better time to take a look at these devices and also cover how they are supported in our Oxygen Forensic Detective suite. On May 15, President Trump signed an executive order that effectively …