All (esp. lucky) -
I was curious what the status of the SMS encryption project quoted in the below post
is?
I did some googling and saw almost nothing on the subject.
thanks
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* Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 04:22:01 -0400
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Tim K wrote:
[quoting somebody]
> > Of course they can always track who you call. They can listen in on
> > the conversation. Thats what gpg-phone is for. As far as anonymity
> > with the person your dialing I'm not sure.
> > > > Maybe Lucky can comment. I know he had a Nokia Project going a
> while
> > ago. Certainly nothing seems to be no new ideas under the cryto
> sun.
Seems the original post never made it to me.
Anyway, the project I was thinking of related to encrypting SMS messages.
I discovered that while it was possible to modify Nokia firmware to
support SMS encryption, there were easier solutions by running the SMS
through a PC. There are other projects underway that provide encrypted SMS
messages using a Basic STAMP computer. Sorry, I am not in a position to
disclose details at this time.
Ultimately, what we need is encrypted voice. Eric Blossom's Starium is
busy working on providing that feature for both land line telephones and
mobiles. However, no add-on crypto will defend against the location escrow
universally employed by cellular providers. As long as your mobile is
turned on, your movement will be tracked and stored, ready to be retrieved
at any time in the future upon request by law enforcement or parties
willing to incentivise the $10/hour guy with access to the database. There
seem to be few automated profiling systems in place today, but that will
change over the next few years.
-- Lucky Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
