Viber

Viber offers mobile messaging and Internetinternet communication services and allows users to send texts, photos, and video messages. The company allows users to send texts, photos and video messages.The instant messaging and social media platform for Android is operated by the Japanese multinational company Rakuten.

Viber offers Viber-to-Viber audio and video calls, allowing up to about fifty people to be connected through calls. The software has end-to-end encryption, allowingenabling private messages to be kept confidential whenever communication is ongoing. The encryption is on by default for one-on-one conversations, chats, and group discussions that take place on the app. Users can create a group chat that can take about 250 participants in order to connect informal or formal acquaintances.

Users arecan create a ablegroup chat with up to 250 participants, and they can send different kindstypes of text, photos, stickers, emojis, GIFs, and video messages with Viber, both in one on oneone-on-one and group conversations. They can send disappearing messages in their one-on-one and group conversations when they set a timer for each message. They also have the option to find the content they desire in one of Viber's communities or channels, like sports, news, cooking, travel, orand entertainment.

Viber is a messenger application that allows you to send messages, make video and voice VoIP calls over the Internet. Voice calls between users with Viber installed are free (only Internet traffic is paid at the rate of the telecom operator). Viber has the ability to send text, voice and video messages, documents, images, videos and files, as well as work offline.

Viber offers mobile messaging and Internet communication services. The company allows users to send texts, photos and video messages.The instant messaging and social media platform for Android is operated by the Japanese multinational company Rakuten.

Viber offers Viber-to-Viber audio and video calls, allowing up to about fifty people to be connected. The software has end-to-end encryption, allowing private messages to be kept confidential whenever communication is ongoing. The encryption is on by default for one-on-one conversations, chats, and group discussions that take place on the app. Users can create a group chat that can take about 250 participants in order to connect informal or formal acquaintances.

Users are able to send different kinds of text, photos, stickers, emojis, GIFs, and video messages with Viber both in one on one and group conversations. They can send disappearing messages in their one-on-one and group conversations when they set a timer for each message. They also have the option to find the content they desire in one of Viber's communities or channels, like sports, news, cooking, travel, or entertainment.

Viber was initially launched for iPhone on December 2, 2010, in direct competition with Skype. It was launched on BlackBerry and Windows Phone on May 8, 2012,[47] followed by the Android platform on July 19, 2012, and Nokia's Series 40, Symbian and Samsung's Bada platform on July 24, 2012, by which time the application had 90 million users.[48][49][50]

In May 2013 with Viber 3.0, a desktop version for Windows and macOS was released.[51] In August 2013, Viber for Linux was released as a public beta[52] and in August 2014 a final version.[53] In June 2016 a UWP-based desktop application for Windows 10 was released in the Windows Store.[54] The desktop versions are tied with a user's registered Viber mobile number, but can operate independently afterwards.[55] In 2015, a version for the iPad tablet and Apple Watch smartwatch was released.[56][57]

Viber was originally launched as a VoIP application for voice calling. On March 31, 2011, Viber 2.0 was released which added instant messaging (IM) capabilities.[58] In July 2012 group messaging and an HD Voice engine were added to both Android and iOS applications.[59]

In December 2012 Viber added 'stickers' to the application. In October 2013, Viber 4.0 was announced featuring a sticker 'market' where Viber would be selling stickers as a source of revenue.[60] In addition, version 4.0 introduced push-to-talk capabilities, and Viber Out, a feature that provides users the option to call mobile and landline numbers via VoIP without the need for the application.[61] Viber Out became temporarily free in the Philippines to help Typhoon Haiyan victims connect with their loved ones.[62]

Voice support was officially added for all Windows Phone 8 devices on April 2, 2013.[63] In September 2014, Viber 5.0 was released and introduced video calling.[64]

In November 2016, Viber version 6.5 launched Public Accounts to allow brands to engage in promotion and customer service on the platform, with initial partners including The Huffington Post, Yandex and The Weather Channel.[32][65] The app integrates with CRM software and offers chatbot APIs for customer service.[32] Viber Communities, an enhanced group chat feature, was introduced in February 2018.[66]

Group calling was introduced with version 10 in February 2019.[67]

On November 4, 2014, Viber scored 1 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's "Secure Messaging Scorecard". Viber received a point for encryption during transit but lost points because communications were not encrypted with keys that the provider did not have access to (i.e. the communications were not end-to-end encrypted), users could not verify contacts' identities, past messages were not secure if the encryption keys were stolen (i.e. the service did not provide forward secrecy), the code was not open to independent review (i.e. the code was not open-source), the security design was not properly documented, and there had not been a recent independent security audit.[68][69] On November 14, 2014, the EFF changed Viber's score to 2 out of 7 after it had received an external security audit from Ernst & Young's Advanced Security Centre.[68]

On April 19, 2016 with the announcement of Viber version 6.0,[70] Rakuten added end-to-end encryption to their service, but only for one-to-one and group conversations in which all participants are using the latest Viber version for Android, iOS, Windows (Win32) or Windows 10 (UWP).[71][72] The company said that the encryption protocol had only been audited internally, and promised to commission external audits "in the coming weeks".[73] In May 2016, Viber published an overview of their encryption protocol, saying that it is a custom implementation that "uses the same concepts" as the Signal Protocol.[74]

Viber was initially launched for iPhone on December 2, 2010, in direct competition with Skype. It was launched on BlackBerry and Windows Phone on May 8, 2012,[47] followed by the Android platform on July 19, 2012, and Nokia's Series 40, Symbian and Samsung's Bada platform on July 24, 2012, by which time the application had 90 million users.[48][49][50]

In May 2013 with Viber 3.0, a desktop version for Windows and macOS was released.[51] In August 2013, Viber for Linux was released as a public beta[52] and in August 2014 a final version.[53] In June 2016 a UWP-based desktop application for Windows 10 was released in the Windows Store.[54] The desktop versions are tied with a user's registered Viber mobile number, but can operate independently afterwards.[55] In 2015, a version for the iPad tablet and Apple Watch smartwatch was released.[56][57]

Viber was originally launched as a VoIP application for voice calling. On March 31, 2011, Viber 2.0 was released which added instant messaging (IM) capabilities.[58] In July 2012 group messaging and an HD Voice engine were added to both Android and iOS applications.[59]

In December 2012 Viber added 'stickers' to the application. In October 2013, Viber 4.0 was announced featuring a sticker 'market' where Viber would be selling stickers as a source of revenue.[60] In addition, version 4.0 introduced push-to-talk capabilities, and Viber Out, a feature that provides users the option to call mobile and landline numbers via VoIP without the need for the application.[61] Viber Out became temporarily free in the Philippines to help Typhoon Haiyan victims connect with their loved ones.[62]

Voice support was officially added for all Windows Phone 8 devices on April 2, 2013.[63] In September 2014, Viber 5.0 was released and introduced video calling.[64]

In November 2016, Viber version 6.5 launched Public Accounts to allow brands to engage in promotion and customer service on the platform, with initial partners including The Huffington Post, Yandex and The Weather Channel.[32][65] The app integrates with CRM software and offers chatbot APIs for customer service.[32] Viber Communities, an enhanced group chat feature, was introduced in February 2018.[66]

Group calling was introduced with version 10 in February 2019.[67]

On November 4, 2014, Viber scored 1 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's "Secure Messaging Scorecard". Viber received a point for encryption during transit but lost points because communications were not encrypted with keys that the provider did not have access to (i.e. the communications were not end-to-end encrypted), users could not verify contacts' identities, past messages were not secure if the encryption keys were stolen (i.e. the service did not provide forward secrecy), the code was not open to independent review (i.e. the code was not open-source), the security design was not properly documented, and there had not been a recent independent security audit.[68][69] On November 14, 2014, the EFF changed Viber's score to 2 out of 7 after it had received an external security audit from Ernst & Young's Advanced Security Centre.[68]

On April 19, 2016 with the announcement of Viber version 6.0,[70] Rakuten added end-to-end encryption to their service, but only for one-to-one and group conversations in which all participants are using the latest Viber version for Android, iOS, Windows (Win32) or Windows 10 (UWP).[71][72] The company said that the encryption protocol had only been audited internally, and promised to commission external audits "in the coming weeks".[73] In May 2016, Viber published an overview of their encryption protocol, saying that it is a custom implementation that "uses the same concepts" as the Signal Protocol.[74]

Viber was initially launched for iPhone on December 2, 2010, in direct competition with Skype. It was launched on BlackBerry and Windows Phone on May 8, 2012,[47] followed by the Android platform on July 19, 2012, and Nokia's Series 40, Symbian and Samsung's Bada platform on July 24, 2012, by which time the application had 90 million users.[48][49][50]

In May 2013 with Viber 3.0, a desktop version for Windows and macOS was released.[51] In August 2013, Viber for Linux was released as a public beta[52] and in August 2014 a final version.[53] In June 2016 a UWP-based desktop application for Windows 10 was released in the Windows Store.[54] The desktop versions are tied with a user's registered Viber mobile number, but can operate independently afterwards.[55] In 2015, a version for the iPad tablet and Apple Watch smartwatch was released.[56][57]

Viber was originally launched as a VoIP application for voice calling. On March 31, 2011, Viber 2.0 was released which added instant messaging (IM) capabilities.[58] In July 2012 group messaging and an HD Voice engine were added to both Android and iOS applications.[59]

In December 2012 Viber added 'stickers' to the application. In October 2013, Viber 4.0 was announced featuring a sticker 'market' where Viber would be selling stickers as a source of revenue.[60] In addition, version 4.0 introduced push-to-talk capabilities, and Viber Out, a feature that provides users the option to call mobile and landline numbers via VoIP without the need for the application.[61] Viber Out became temporarily free in the Philippines to help Typhoon Haiyan victims connect with their loved ones.[62]

Voice support was officially added for all Windows Phone 8 devices on April 2, 2013.[63] In September 2014, Viber 5.0 was released and introduced video calling.[64]

In November 2016, Viber version 6.5 launched Public Accounts to allow brands to engage in promotion and customer service on the platform, with initial partners including The Huffington Post, Yandex and The Weather Channel.[32][65] The app integrates with CRM software and offers chatbot APIs for customer service.[32] Viber Communities, an enhanced group chat feature, was introduced in February 2018.[66]

Group calling was introduced with version 10 in February 2019.[67]

On November 4, 2014, Viber scored 1 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's "Secure Messaging Scorecard". Viber received a point for encryption during transit but lost points because communications were not encrypted with keys that the provider did not have access to (i.e. the communications were not end-to-end encrypted), users could not verify contacts' identities, past messages were not secure if the encryption keys were stolen (i.e. the service did not provide forward secrecy), the code was not open to independent review (i.e. the code was not open-source), the security design was not properly documented, and there had not been a recent independent security audit.[68][69] On November 14, 2014, the EFF changed Viber's score to 2 out of 7 after it had received an external security audit from Ernst & Young's Advanced Security Centre.[68]

On April 19, 2016 with the announcement of Viber version 6.0,[70] Rakuten added end-to-end encryption to their service, but only for one-to-one and group conversations in which all participants are using the latest Viber version for Android, iOS, Windows (Win32) or Windows 10 (UWP).[71][72] The company said that the encryption protocol had only been audited internally, and promised to commission external audits "in the coming weeks".[73] In May 2016, Viber published an overview of their encryption protocol, saying that it is a custom implementation that "uses the same concepts" as the Signal Protocol.[74]