<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skype	B-Application
's	O
co-founder	O
Janus	O
Friis	O
helped	O
create	O
Wire	O
and	O
many	O
Wire	O
employees	O
previously	O
worked	O
for	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	O
Swiss	O
GmbH	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
Wire	O
client	B-Protocol
applications	I-Protocol
in	O
July	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
supports	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
animated	O
GIFs	O
up	O
to	O
5MB	O
through	O
a	O
media	O
integration	O
with	O
Giphy	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
versions	O
also	O
include	O
a	O
sketch	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
draw	O
a	O
sketch	O
into	O
a	O
conversation	O
or	O
over	O
a	O
photo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	O
activity	O
is	O
synced	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
web	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	O
's	O
instant	O
messages	O
are	O
encrypted	O
with	O
Proteus	O
,	O
a	O
protocol	O
that	O
Wire	O
Swiss	O
developed	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Signal	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	O
's	O
voice	O
calls	O
are	O
encrypted	O
with	O
DTLS	B-Protocol
and	O
SRTP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
client-server	O
communication	O
is	O
protected	O
by	O
Transport	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
the	O
midst	O
of	O
working	O
to	O
develop	O
Messaging	B-Application
Layer	I-Application
Security	I-Application
(	O
MLS	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
protocol	O
designed	O
to	O
facilitate	O
more	O
secure	O
enterprise	O
messaging	O
platforms	O
under	O
The	O
Internet	O
Engineering	O
Task	O
Force	O
(	O
IETF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
,	O
Raphael	O
Robert	O
,	O
Head	O
of	O
Security	O
at	O
Wire	O
,	O
mentioned	O
that	O
Messaging	B-Application
Layer	I-Application
Security	I-Application
(	O
MLS	O
)	O
should	O
be	O
ready	O
to	O
integrate	O
into	O
messaging	O
platforms	O
by	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
compiled	B-Language
their	O
own	O
applications	O
may	O
not	O
change	O
the	O
way	O
it	O
connects	O
and	O
interacts	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
centralised	B-General_Concept
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
researcher	O
described	O
the	O
security	O
of	O
Wire	O
as	O
weak	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
Signal	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
depicted	O
its	O
problems	O
as	O
surmountable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	O
's	O
developers	O
have	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
issues	O
that	O
were	O
discovered	O
during	O
the	O
review	O
have	O
been	O
fixed	O
and	O
deployed	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
