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Drop into a private conversation, faster. End-to-end encrypted DMs right from your Bluesky/Blacksky/atproto handle. Start here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/germ-dm/id6446882771 Learn: germnetwork.com/blog Find out: germnetwork.com/android-waitlist

What does quantum secure really mean for you? It means your Germ DMs are more secret than ever. DM your mutuals with total confidence. You're speaking to them and only them, today and into the future. 🤫💫

Today's Vocab: 🗃️ Harvest now, Decrypt Later: sophisticated actors are storing cyphertexts to be decrypted once they have a quantum computer 🔒️ Post-Quantum Cryptography: new encryption methods that are secure against quantum computer attacks 💚 Germ DM: your quantum-secure messenger for atproto

Germ now joins Signal and iMessage in bringing you post-quantum cryptography. The journey to quantum-secure cryptography is one we all should be taking. MLS implementers can find our open-source library here. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Mark X (@markmx.bsky.social)

@chenani.bsky.social helped us build a triple ratchet implementation, shadowing iMessage’s PQ3 and Signal’s SPQR to add a PQ ratchet to our existing double ratchet on MLS. Very grateful for his…

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You’re here to spill your secrets. We’re here to keep make sure no one ever sees them, not even us. With version 3.0.9, your Germ DMs are now quantum secure.

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Germ 3.0.9 
Germ DMs are now Quantum Secure
Your emssages can never be decrypted by a quantum computer. 
Download on the App Store. 

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