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If all the application windows are closed (and not merely hidden), the background page will go inactive and there's nothing we can do to stop it. However, we can ask chrome to trigger an alarm once per minute, which will spin up the background page and check for new messages. This will effectively keep us alive as long as chrome has open windows or is running in the background, subject to chrome settings' Advanced -> System -> Continue running background apps
TextSecure for the Browser
Private text and chat for the browser.
⚠️ Warning ⚠️
This is unfinished, unreleased software.
Are you a web developer interested in contributing to this project? 👍 Please proceed to CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions and contributor guidelines.
Not a developer? :hand::construction_worker:⛔ Please refrain from installing until our first release. Follow the blog for updates.
Interoperability
TextSecure for the Browser works with Signal for iOS and TextSecure on Android.
Cryptography Notice
This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted. See http://www.wassenaar.org/ for more information.
The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of this distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.
License
Copyright 2014 Open Whisper Systems
Licensed under the GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Developers Developers Developers Developers!
Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions and contributor guidelines.