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"I have in my pocket a cryptographic telephone" Anyone know what he is referring to? I'd like one of those.

by plg 13y ago

chmod775 13y ago
I remember the German government paying some companies to develop telephones that communicate fully encrypted (and putting the required infrastructure to use them in place). I think the outcome was 1000€ phones for use by Government officials, the chancellor, etc., who can choose between Blackberry and Android.
- Create 13y ago
  http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article119980213/Frankreichs-Minister-haben-ab-sofort-iPhone-Verbot.html http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article119980213/Frankreichs-M... nb: Thales is also known for supplying tools the other end too...
Create 13y ago
Andy Mueller-Maguhn is a long time member of the Chaos Computer Club in Germany, and a former spokesman. He is a specialist on surveillance, working in a journalistic capacity on the surveillance industry with his project wiki, buggedplanet.info. Andy works in cryptographic communications, and runs a company called Cryptophone, which markets secure voice communication devices to commercial clients. http://www.cryptophone.de/en/company/ http://www.cryptophone.de/en/company/
devx 13y ago
If you can't get one of those, you can try Moxie's RedPhone for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.redphone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri...
- schoen 13y ago
  I think the part of the speech quoted by the parent commenter was indeed referring to exactly this software, and to the other things that the speech mentions: "I have in my pocket a cryptographic telephone [...] This phone, short of breaking into it when I make a phone call, no one here, short of a mathematical breakthrough, is going to be able to intercept it. I have a couple different encrypted text messaging services. I have the TOR project, Orbot, Progra, Cryptophone, Redphone, TextSecure." In context, the "cryptographic telephone" is a smartphone running all of this software. "Progra" is a mistranscription; I just listened to the original and he says "the Tor Project's Orbot program".
  - dthunt 13y ago
    I would be shocked if Appelbaum is still using a standard cell-phone at this point. There's just too much reason to worry about remote compromise of the device.
kzrdude 13y ago
Simple, GSM and 3G are encrypted between the telephone and the mast.

"I have in my pocket a cryptographic telephone" Anyone know what he is referring to? I'd like one of those.

by plg 13y ago

"I have in my pocket a cryptographic telephone" Anyone know what he is referring to? I'd like one of those.

I remember the German government paying some companies to develop telephones that communicate fully encrypted (and putting the required infrastructure to use them in place). I think the outcome was 1000€ phones for use by Government officials, the chancellor, etc., who can choose between Blackberry and Android.

Create 13y ago
http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article119980213/Frankreichs-Minister-haben-ab-sofort-iPhone-Verbot.html http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article119980213/Frankreichs-M... nb: Thales is also known for supplying tools the other end too...

Create 13y ago

Andy Mueller-Maguhn is a long time member of the Chaos Computer Club in Germany, and a former spokesman. He is a specialist on surveillance, working in a journalistic capacity on the surveillance industry with his project wiki, buggedplanet.info. Andy works in cryptographic communications, and runs a company called Cryptophone, which markets secure voice communication devices to commercial clients. http://www.cryptophone.de/en/company/ http://www.cryptophone.de/en/company/

devx 13y ago

If you can't get one of those, you can try Moxie's RedPhone for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.redphone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri...

schoen 13y ago
I think the part of the speech quoted by the parent commenter was indeed referring to exactly this software, and to the other things that the speech mentions: "I have in my pocket a cryptographic telephone [...] This phone, short of breaking into it when I make a phone call, no one here, short of a mathematical breakthrough, is going to be able to intercept it. I have a couple different encrypted text messaging services. I have the TOR project, Orbot, Progra, Cryptophone, Redphone, TextSecure." In context, the "cryptographic telephone" is a smartphone running all of this software. "Progra" is a mistranscription; I just listened to the original and he says "the Tor Project's Orbot program".
- dthunt 13y ago
  I would be shocked if Appelbaum is still using a standard cell-phone at this point. There's just too much reason to worry about remote compromise of the device.

kzrdude 13y ago

Simple, GSM and 3G are encrypted between the telephone and the mast.