John McAfee launches Chadder, a new encrypted private messaging app

Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee has launched a new messaging app called Chadder, with a focus on encryption and security. The app is produced by Future Tense Private Systems (FTC), a company founded by McAfee that has previously developed the Dcentral1 app, in conjunction with Etransfr. FTC says that “other privacy and security solutions are under development” too. The core raison d’être of Chadder is privacy, with only the recipient able to read the message – would-be interceptors will only see “garbled, encrypted text”. When you first sign up, you do so by providing a nickname, username, and password. That’s...



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