Wickr

Experts say Amazon's encrypted chat app Wickr is flooded with child sex abuse images and the company is not taking basic safety measures to prevent sharing

Court records show that Wickr Me has become part of a toolkit used by people who exploit children. Tweets: @benjamingoggin , @benjamingoggin , @benjamingoggin , @anthony , @mattmday , and @jasonabbruz...

US record keepers and watchdogs worry that Wickr and other messaging apps with auto-deletion help the CBP and other agencies sidestep transparency requirements

Uber's use of encrypted messaging app Wickr, which may have allowed the company to avoid preserving records relevant to litigation, could set legal precedents

Paresh Dave, Heather Somerville  —  (This version of the Nov. 20 story corrects to show Uber used a business version …

EFF Gov't Data Requests 2017 report finds Adobe, Dropbox, Pinterest, Uber, Wickr, and WordPress best protect users; AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, T-Mobile fall short

Download the complete Who Has Your Back?  2017: Protecting Your Data From Government Requests report as a PDF.  —  Executive Summary

FBI wants data access to encrypting or data-destroying instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, Wickr, and Surespot that could be used by terrorists

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Want More Privacy In Your App?  Wickr Resells Its Encryption, Self-Destructing Tech To Other Apps

Wickr, one of the wave of messaging apps built on the idea of private, encrypted and self-destructing data, has vowed never to make money off its users — with its app remaining free …