Cryptocat is a web application that aims to provide an open source, browser-based communication environment with security that is comparable to desktop-based encrypted chat applications.
Funding to date
2012
$93,000.00
12 months
2013
$91,000.00
12 months
Total Funding: $184,000.00
Addressed problems
- Repressive surveillance or monitoring of communication
Objective(s)
- Technology development
Beneficiaries
- General public
- Women
- Youth
- Sexual minorities
- Ethnic minorities
- Activists
- Journalists
- Advocacy groups/NGOs
Region(s) archive
- Global
Technology attributes
- Application deployment
- Browser extension
- Cryptography
- Desktop client
- Mobile application (clientside)
- Sensitive data
- Server daemon
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- User interface/experience
- Web application
- Anonymity
We wrote about it
- Using His Software Skills With Freedom, Not a Big Payout, in Mind
- Which Encryption Apps Are Strong Enough to Help You Take Down a Government?
- Year One Accomplishments
- Tools for Communication Security
- Fall Update
- November update
- December update
- OTF 2013 Projects Part 2
- January update
- After initial rejection, Cryptocat finally launches on iOS
- Bringing Openness to Security
- OTF Monthly Report for April 2014
- Code Audits are Good. Making Code Audits Public is Better
- 8 Free Privacy Programs Worth Your Year-End Donations
- Importance of Digital Safety for Journalists Highlighted in New Guide
- Iran Blocks Encrypted Chat Service Despite Claims of Internet Freedom: Mashable