Snowden told how he uses a protected messenger

Former US National Security Agency (NSA) agent Edward Snowden told his subscribers in Twitterwhat kind of secure messenger he uses.

“I use Signal every day. # FBI report (Spoiler: they already know about it), ”he wrote. Snowden added a link to a post published by developers post, in which they reported the release of the version of the messenger for Android.

The developer of Open Whisper Systems owns two applications that ensure the confidentiality of data: TextSecure (protects against interception of messages) and RedPhone (from eavesdropping calls). The company said that in the coming days, they will integrate them into a new Signal application. For Android, a single version has already been released.

The application has open source code available on the GitHub developer site. As noted by The Verge, in particular, the Signal code uses WhatsApp, which also encrypts traffic. The messenger is free.

Forum previously reported that Snowden started Twitter account, which instantly gained popularity. When he started Twitter, he forgot to turn off notifications about new followers, adding his entries to favorites, retweets, and private messages. therefore got to your mailbox about 47 gigabytes of notification messages.

In 2013, Snowden handed over to journalists a number of secret documents about the activities of American intelligence services, in particular, about conducting large-scale wiretapping of telephone conversations and tracking electronic correspondence of US citizens and leaders of foreign countries. In the US, he was charged with espionage. If he returns to his homeland, he faces up to 30 years in prison.

Snowden has been in Moscow since June 2013. In 2014 him provided three year residence permit.