On Feb 19, 2011, at 3:28 AM, Raphael 'kena' Poss wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:05 -0800, "Curtis Ward" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I beg you for one now. > > You seem to be confused about security. Your stated needs for > confidentiality conflict with your desire for an out-of-the-box > solution. Do you realize that any phone manufacturer / mobile carrier > can sell phones that can be remotely controlled? This risk exists even > more for iOS than Android, since neither the operating system nor device > specification are open for scrutiny. Even with a GPG-aware mail client > someone could well monitor your key presses or screen remotely.
You made an excellent choice in phones if you were looking for out-of-the-box simplicity and cookie cutter experience. Encryption, security, and privacy are not cookie cutter; they usually require roll-your-own solutions. Android may be better for that; one solution for that platform I found is from Whisper systems: http://www.whispersys.com/ > In short, don't use your mobile phone directly for secure communication. > The best you can get is tethering, ie connect your computer to a network > using the mobile phone as a network interface. Then you can tunnel > secure channels on top of this using your (presumably secure) computer. Presumably secure computer is right. Take, for example, a feature as innocuous as keeping my time in sync. Apple can pretty much track where in the world because I'm connected to their time server. Crazy, right. -Roberto. > -- > Raphael 'kena' Poss > > _______________________________________________ > 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
