Wire Swiss
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Formerly called
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Zeta Project Swiss GmbH |
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| Industry | Communication software |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Jonathan Christensen, Priidu Zilmer, Alan Duric |
| Headquarters | Zug, Switzerland |
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Key people
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Alan Duric (CEO) |
| Products | Wire |
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Number of employees
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50 |
| Website | wire |
Wire Swiss GmbH is a software company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. Its development centre is in Berlin, Germany. The company is best known for its messaging application called Wire.
The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. The software is available for the iOS, Android, OS X, Linux and Windows operating systems and WebRTC-compatible web browsers.
Wire Swiss GmbH was founded in Fall 2012 by Jonathan Christensen, Alan Duric (CEO) and Priidu Zilmer (head of design), who previously worked at Skype and Microsoft. Jonathan Christensen previously co-founded Camino Networks in 2005 with Alan Duric, who also co-founded Telio. Camino networks was later acquired by Skype, a division of Microsoft Corporation. At Skype, Jonathan was responsible for getting Skype into new platforms such as Internet televisions and set-top boxes while Priidu Zilmer, former head of design at Vdio, lead the Skype design team.
The company launched the Wire app on December 3, 2014. Shortly after its launch, the company retracted a claim from their website that the app's messages and conversation history could only be read by the conversation participants. In August 2015, the company added group calling to their app. From its launch until March 2016, Wire's messages were only encrypted between the client and the company's server. In March 2016, the company added end-to-end encryption for its messaging traffic, as well as a video calling feature. Wire Swiss GmbH released the source code of the Wire client applications under the GPLv3 license in July 2016. The company also published a number of restrictions that apply to users who have compiled their own applications. Among other things, they may not change the way the applications connect and interact with the company's centralized servers.
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