# The View From here

DevFeed: [The View From here](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-view-from-here-1862.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/the-view-from-here/>)

Published: 2015-01-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Ratchet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ratchet.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [SSL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssl.md>)

Tags: [app-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-development.md>), [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [crypto](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crypto.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes helping develop TextSecure with Open Whisper Systems by applying the TripleDH idea, prekeys, and an improved OTR ratchet to asynchronous text messaging and email. The resulting core protocol was later refined for multiparty and multidevice use, with additional security features such as stronger authentication and metadata hiding. The article argues that text messaging is an important environment for rapidly deploying secure communication innovations and praises the team's combination of security engineering and user-friendly app development.

## Source excerpt

Winter Break Of Code, Day 6 I've been working with Open Whisper Systems on TextSecure for about a year and a half. I feel like I've earned better treatment than being forced to blog at knifepoint, but here we are, so I'll tell my story. Read more...