[jdev] Threema using XMPP

[Thijs Alkemade]

On 24 jul. 2014, at 13:32, Simon Tennant <simon at buddycloud.com> wrote:

> Threema is a very popular and [claimed to be] secure messaging service in the German speaking countries.
> 
> It was just pointed out to me that it's also using XMPP and has 2.8 million users.
> 
> Does anyone have contacts to the team behind this? It would be great to have them do a write up for the XMPP.org website if we can track someone there down.
> 

Just because it’s using port 5222 doesn’t mean it’s XMPP. I remember looking
through an APK a while ago, where I found no evidence they’re using anything
that even looks a bit like XMPP. The only networking parts I could find pass
JSON over HTTPS.

Thijs
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