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A post from Natalie, Winter Break Of Code, Day Sixteen Today, I watched sunlight dance atop billowing waves, a natural circus spectacular.

Winter Break Of Code, Day Fifteen The 1988 film They Live is one of the last great masterpieces to come out of the Hollywood left.

Winter Break Of Code Day Fourteen When I agreed to take part in Winter Break of Code, I had no idea what to really expect.

Winter Break Of Code Day Thirteen My ten-year-old mind was completely blown when I realized that I could eavesdrop on the walkie-talkie conversations of the other kids in my neighborhood.

Winter Break Of Code Day Twelve A few days ago, someone suggested that we go scuba diving and I said “yeah sure, that sounds fun”.

Winter Break Of Code Day Eleven Every morning at standup I’d watch the knife spin in slow motion, dread filling my chest and a voice in my head repeating, over and over, “not Slytherin.”

Winter Break of Code Day Ten A couple of days ago, Jake, one of the brilliant full-timers on Open Whisper Systems, looked up from his laptop and asked me with a smile, “So, Yoko, what’s your life story?

Winter Break Of Code Day 9 Today we hiked the Kalalau Trail and swam beneath the cold spray of a waterfall.

Winter Break Of Code Day 8 A few weeks ago, an email full of information to help prep for Winter Break of Code popped up in my inbox.

Winter Break Of Code Day 7 Yesterday was a day of meetings.

Winter Break Of Code, Day 6 I’ve been working with Open Whisper Systems on TextSecure for about a year and a half.

Winter Break Of Code, Day 5 The prophetic discourse of the Karai can be summed up in an observation and a promise: on the one hand, they constantly affirmed the fundamentally evil character of the world, on the other, they insisted that conquest of a good…

Winter Break Of Code Day 4 I’m not sure those attending their first break of code know what they are getting into.

Winter Break Of Code Day 3 As it does every morning, the day started with Moxie singing the stand-up song, reminding us all (and waking up the slackers) that at 9am sharp we all get in a circle to discuss what we accomplished the day before and what our p…

Winter Break Of Code Day 2 Because I might get sappy, here’s a picture to ease that before I let it all out.

Winter Break Of Code Day 1 I woke up this morning feeling like this routine was normal, instead of implausible.

Every year when we do this kind of call for proposals, our experience from past events sets our expectations higher.

At Open Whisper Systems, our goal is to make private communication simple.

This January, Open Whisper Systems will be hosting a Winter Break Of Code.

At Open Whisper Systems, we want everyone to have access to advanced secure communication tools that are as easy and reliable to use as making a normal phone call or sending a normal text message.

At Open Whisper Systems, we believe users should have both privacy and powerful services.

One of the major features we introduced in the TextSecure v2 release was private group chat.

Today’s release of TextSecure is the final step in the transition from a private SMS app to a private asynchronous IM app that does not depend on SMS/MMS.

Winter Break of Code, Day Seven Spring Break of Code 2013 I cut open my foot and hand while surfing; both wounds easily warranted stitches.

Winter Break of Code, Day Six A lot of great memories will stay with me after this intense week.

Winter Break of Code, Day Five Understanding digital privacy under capitalism If commodities could speak, they would say this: our use-value may interest men [sic], but it does not belong to us as objects.

Winter Break of Code, Day Four At the Open Whisper Systems spring break of code in 2013, I started work on TextSecure iOS.

Winter Break of Code, Day Three We are at the halfway point of Winter Break of Code.

Winter Break of Code, Day Two By all rights, I should not be here.

Winter Break of Code, Day One The Winter Break of Code, being closely linked by name to the season of Winter, began with a calm trickle of ex{hausted,cited} people carrying laptops and cell phone collections after a parade of delays and weather issues.

Building a social network is not easy.

At Open Whisper Systems, we often get emails from people who’d like to donate money to the project.

After our wonderful experience with Spring Break Of Code, we were excited to try this again.

At Open Whisper Systems, we’re working to both advance the state of the art for secure communication and also reduce the friction required for ordinary people to make use of it.

At Open Whisper Systems, we’ve been working on improving our encrypted asynchronous chat protocol for TextSecure.

At Open Whisper Systems, we’re focused on creating easy-to-use privacy-enhancing technology.

My cell phone used to be a black and white Nokia until a couple of weeks ago when I decided to enter in the smartphone world.

From October 11th to October 13th, we’ll be hosting an informal Open Whisper Systems Alpine Hackathon for those in or around Zurich, Switzerland who would like to contribute to Open Whisper Systems-related projects in a collaborative setting with other co…

Traditionally, asynchronous messaging systems such as email have relied on protocols like PGP or S/MIME for cryptographic security.

At Open Whisper Systems we help develop TextSecure, an encrypted chat application for Android.

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Open Whisper Systems is a project focused on developing Open Source security and privacy apps for the mobile environment.

The last code committed, the final waves surfed in to the shore, the closing sunset of Spring Break Of Code.

Spring Break Of Code, Day Six Because secure systems aren’t valuable if they’re not used, Whisper Systems has always focused on delivering strong cryptography alongside a great user experience.

Spring Break Of Code, Day Five I know very well that each and every crisis of modernity is concentrating, concatenating, and seating more deeply into everyday life.

Spring Break Of Code, Day Four The main sound on top of the ocean is the click clack of laptop keys, and the jangle of test calls and SMSes.

Spring Break Of Code, Day Three I am no stranger to Hawaii.

Spring Break Of Code, Day Two “I am torn on how best to introduce myself out of context like this, the idea of rattling off facts from my resume is my first instinct, but that seems terribly conventional.

Spring Break Of Code, Day One.

It’s a busy time here at the Open Whisper Systems factory, and we need all the floor space we can get.