Due to the self-destruct messages and images will be deleted after a selectable period of time.
The German postal start a messenger service for smartphones, which should be especially secure and privacy-friendly. With the app SimsMe owner of an iPhone or Android smartphone text messages as well as pictures, videos, contacts, and information sent to its own location. The messages are automatically encrypted by the sender and can again be decrypted only by the recipient.
This end-to-end encryption, a high and reliable data protection to be guaranteed, said a company spokesman. “All data will be stored on servers located in Germany and the messages according to the delivery to the recipient deleted from the servers.”
The German Post AG subordinated SimsMe among other things, against the American giant Facebook in which international dominates the market with its Facebook Messenger as well as with the acquisition Whatsapp. In the promoted as a particularly safe Messenger segment, among others, the Swiss provider Threema and the smartphone maker BlackBerry frolicking with his Messenger BBM, which is also available for iOS and Android.
The SimsMe app, the Post is free. For a self-extinguishing function, disappear with the messages after a certain period, the company paid just once 89 cents. The first million user gets this feature for free.
All messages sent by SimsMe be encrypted according to the Post on the phone the transmitter with the perceived safety of AES-256. When transmitted over the SimsMe server to the recipient, the messages are SSL-encrypted.
In the General Conditions, the user must not grant consent as opposed to other services that content such as images may be circulated by the app developers across all channels. “In SimsMe the user retains his rights,” said Marco Hauprich, Senior Vice President of Mobile & amp; New Media at Deutsche Post.
© dpa SimsMe competes with messengers like Whatsapp and Threema.
SimsMe competes with messengers like Whatsapp and Threema.
In order to use the service, the app requires access to the phonebook of your smartphone to the anonymous entries (“verhasht”) and encrypted with the user list of SimsMe match. “Of course, your phonebook is not stored on our server,” promises the mail users.
The commercial concept of Deutsche Post provides, first build as large a user base with the free app. Here, the 480,000 employees of the company should be asked the world to advertise in their circle of acquaintances for the app.
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corporate clients such as banks could be obtained, use SimsMe for a particularly secure communication with their customers. The service also lend itself for secure communication within a company and can be coupled to Address Directories in firms (LDAP).
The German Telekom had a few days ago announced an app that can be performed with the encrypted phone calls. They first intended only for business customers.
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