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### Whisper v6 extensions
Outside of Whisper v6, there are some extensions, message codes and RPC methods that MAY be useful for client implementers. An implementation of this can be found in a fork of Whisper [here](https://github.com/status-im/whisper).
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## Secure Transport
In order to provide confidentiality, integrity, authentication and forward

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All described addons are implemented in [status-im/whisper fork](https://github.com/status-im/whisper).
## New RPC methods
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## Transport privacy
The transport privacy layer defines how messages are exchanged. The goal is to hide metadata such as sender, receiver and to which conversation a message belongs.
This evaluates Whisper as a standalone protocol. However, we also note common usage and Status specific usage.
- [EIP-627, aka Whisper v6](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-627)
- [Whisper PoC 2 spec (more motivation)](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Whisper-PoC-2-Protocol-Spec)
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