[Link] Air Force Spent Millions on Encrypted App Wickr

Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com

The U.S. Air Force has spent millions of dollars on licenses from encrypted chat platform Wickr, according to Air Force documents and public procurement records reviewed by Motherboard. The documents further solidify Wickr’s position as a preferred tool of the U.S. government and military.

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[Link] CIA Funding Arm Gave Encrypted App Wickr $1.6 Million

Read: 12/10/2021 www.vice.com

In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investment firm started by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recently poured more than $1.6 million into encrypted messaging platform Wickr, according to public disclosure records reviewed by Motherboard. The $1.

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