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Open Whisper Systems (informally abbreviated OWS [5] ) is a software organization [6] that was founded by Moxie Marlinspike in 2013. Its main focus is the development of the Signal Protocol. [7] It also maintains an encrypted communications application called Signal. The organization is funded by a combination of donations and grants , and all of its products are published as free and open-source software.
Security researcher Moxie Marlinspike and roboticist Stuart Anderson co-founded a startup company called Whisper Systems in 2010. [8] [9] The company produced proprietary enterprise mobile security software. Among these were an encrypted texting program called TextSecure and an encrypted voice calling app called RedPhone. [10] They also developed a firewall and tools for encrypting other forms of data. [8]
Twitter released TextSecure as free and open-source software under the GPLv3 license in December 2011. [8] [15] [16] [17] RedPhone was also released under the same license in July 2012. [18] Marlinspike later left Twitter and founded Open Whisper Systems as a collaborative open source project for the continued development of TextSecure and RedPhone. [19] [1]