To: GPGTools Dev Group; Re: OpenPGP + any iPhone & Android opensource IM client.
BCC'd: 4 very important individuals. I just picked up an iPhone 4 two weeks ago and already I see a problem with regards to privacy. Because these messages are traveling over public, not private, airwaves, there needs to be very good security. Public airwaves don't require warrants to be monitored by United States Law Enforcement. Right now, all of those methods of fast communication are vulnerable to govn't scrutiny. Even Skype has had it's encryption broken by the German govn't. AND, now Skype is the only encrypted IM option available on my iPhone that I can find. There doesn't appear to be an OpenPGP-based IM solution pushed through either the Android or the iPhone markets. I beg you for one now. The State of Washington is about to violate the privacy of 40,000 patients. The State should be successfully held at a distance from doctors and patients with good instant messaging encryption. They have already seized & copied citizen voter petitions and patient records this occurred (this later occurred just a few weeks ago). The simpler the interface, the more of a chance that you'd be saving 40,000 patient's lives by getting them to adopt it on their smartphones without fear of intrusion by the State. I just tried playing nice with the State of Washington Legislature for 5 months. They do not play nice and are not interested in their most vulnerable citizens. At the least, I need to know what it would cost for you to make one and how quickly you could do so. Phil Zimmerman is too busy (already asked him). Sincerest regards, Curtis Ward 425-610-4135 (VOIP phone: not secure or private) _______________________________________________ gpgtools-users mailing list [email protected] FAQ: http://www.gpgtools.org/faq.html Changes: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/listinfo/gpgtools-users Unsubscribe: http://lists.gpgtools.org/mailman/options/gpgtools-users/[email protected]?unsub=Unsubscribe&unsubconfirm=1 This email sent to: [email protected]
