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I think the claim that the PRNG in cryptocat doesn't show any bias is dubious. The source referred to in the article is from the project website, so there's also a potential

. Since this is a recurring problem in the article, i am also restoring the marker 'primary sources' which was removed without sufficient clearing up of primary sources (only a few external links were added without removing primary sources).

As for the PRNG, there are plenty of documented ways to properly test a PRNG (which is in this case, a

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DecryptoCat

http://tobtu.com/decryptocat.php

The article currently states that "In June 2013, a tool called Decryptocat was announced" ... and then states that "The security problems highlighted in DecryptoCat have been resolved as of April 2013.". Either time travel is involved, or the two months are reversed, or ??? Twang (talk) 04:28, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He pointed out the bugfix months after it happened. ♥GlamRock♥ 15:06, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that Cryptocat today only functions as a browser plugin. There was a version that simply ran within a vanilla browser. What happened to that, and why the change? I can't find any discussion anywhere, not even a change log. ~ Agvulpine (talk) 13:12, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The cryptocat has been under recent attack from people trying to gather information for stealing identities, using the name of "victor", "victor castillo", "viktor", etc, and similar names, none of them proving to be the real "VictorDCastillo" [1] there is flaw in the system that allows identity theft by phi-sing links, and revealing personal information, one of the thefts has been identified by the nickname "anothername" . [2]

The text above was added to the article by

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Other software "failed to work"?

Last paragraph in History: "In June 2013, Cryptocat was used by journalist Glenn Greenwald while in Hong Kong to meet NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the first time, after other encryption software failed to work."

What is meant here by "failed to work" and which other encryption software? Almost sounds like a general bashing ("bashing" might be the wrong expression) of other encryption software. More realistically Greenwald probably couldn't get the others to work since they probably weren't as user friendly. I might be nitpicking but that's a completely different thing than "failed to work". Does anyone have access to the book and can clarify? Thanks.

- Erik.Bjareholt (talk) 23:38, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the following statement that was added to the article:

"Cryptocat messages obtain confidentiality, integrity, source authenticity, forward and future secrecy and indistinguishability even over a network controlled by an active attacker. In the event of a long-term identity key compromise, an attacker will be able to impersonate the victim's device identity in the future but cannot decrypt past messages."

I think we should refrain from making such claims unless they can be sourced with a technical review/audit of Cryptocat that has been made by a reliable

after Cryptocat's re-release. Specifically one that has looked at Cryptocat's implementation of the protocol(s) that it uses. In the meantime, my suggestion is to use the following form:

"Cryptocat's goal is for its messages to obtain confidentiality, integrity, source authenticity, forward and future secrecy and indistinguishability even over a network controlled by an active attacker."

The suggestion above does not need a technical review/audit as a source, but does need a source (preferably one that can be classified as a

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Crypto cat no longer in beta, please update

I don't know what to call the version

"Out of Beta! Cryptocat is no longer beta software. Bugs will certainly still occur in the upcoming history of the project, but we are reasonably confident in the reliability of the current client. Thanks to everyone who contributed to our more than 150 reports with bugs, feedback and enhancements!" - https://crypto.cat/news.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mermaidthrone (talk • contribs) 07:47, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Site (crypto.cat) is no longer functional: domain is for sale, on the site stub is a link to wire dot com as a secure messenger. I suppose links on the page should be removed as well? Boyandin (talk) 10:27, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A reader should know whether the software is still available or not, but the parameter "status" in the infobox is unknown for the parser. Who made this "improvement", and why was it accepted? 85.193.252.19 (talk) 21:53, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]