A San Francisco-based
software entity, Signal and Microsoft Corporation, have advanced plans to
introduce a Private Conversations feature in Skype,
powered by Signal Protocol, reports ITRealms.
The collaboration, ITRealms gathered, would see Signal and Microsoft bring onboard end-to-end encryption to
Skype, to make private communication simple and ubiquitous.
With hundreds of
millions of active users, ITRealms gathered that Skype is one of the most popular
applications in the world.
This, the partnership disclosed
they were excited that ‘Private Conversations’ in Skype will allow more users to
take advantage of Signal Protocol’s strong encryption properties for secure
communication.
ITRealms also reports
that the Private Conversations feature is now available in preview for Skype
Insiders.
“There’s still more to come,” the partnership to ITRealms in a press statement made available at the weekend.
Officials, told
ITRealms, “We’re going to continue our efforts to advance the state of the art
for frictionless private communication, in our own app and in others. We’re
excited about the future of Signal Protocol and the places it is going.”
Further, they said, “Signal is making private communication
simple. We design open protocols, develop Open Source software, and give it
away for free.
Though they noted it has been challenging work, “… We
started this project because we think making things is fun, privacy is
valuable, and cryptography is remarkable.”
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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