Let's talk about **xPal**, which purports to be an encrypted messaging app. Anyone that reads my blog probably [already knows where this is going]( ). If this post accidentally reaches escape velocity and people that don't know me find it: Hi, I'm a furry cryptography nerd. Usually when I talk about so-called private apps, it's to disclose vulnerabilities in them. (Today, I just don't have the damn energy to do a formal write-up.) Let's start with how they market their app. image