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Paging never really passed 1980s technology. Sure, its easy enough to en/decrypt short messages now with nearly zero battery use, but it was probably deemed unn
by ac29 6y ago
Paging never really passed 1980s technology. Sure, its easy enough to en/decrypt short messages now with nearly zero battery use, but it was probably deemed unnecessary at the time.
edit: looks like someone bolted AES onto FLEX: https://americanmessaging.net/elite/ https://americanmessaging.net/elite/
- rfdave 6y agoPaging was also highly interested in making sure every bit that went over the air generated revenue, so adding bits to provide security was a hard sell. FLEX and ReFLEX are 90's technology.