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Re: phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ali, Saqib)
Wed May 2 12:32:02 2007
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:16:26 -0700
From: "Ali, Saqib" <docbook.xml@gmail.com>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <20070430172326.14081765FDA@berkshire.machshav.com>
A notable mention is http://www.cryptophone.com/ . They are the only
secure phone provider that allows for independent review of the source
code.
On 4/30/07, Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
> According to an NY Times article
> (http://news.com.com/Phone+taps+in+Italy+spur+rush+toward+encryption/2100-1029_3-6180118.html?tag=nefd.top),
> phone encryption technology is becoming popular in Italy because of
> many recent incidents of conversations being published. Sometimes, a
> wiretap is being leaked; other times, it seems to be private behavior:
>
> What has spurred encryption sales is not so much the legal
> wiretapping authorized by Italian magistrates--though
> information about those calls is also frequently leaked to the
> press--but the widespread availability of wiretapping
> technology over the Internet, which has created a growing pool
> of amateur eavesdroppers. Those snoops have a ready market in
> the Italian media for filched celebrity conversations.
>
>
>
> --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>
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Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
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