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> His comments were interpreted as a direct attack on encrypted communications, such as Apple's FaceTime and Microsoft's Skype, among others. Wow, BBC is so ba
by higherpurpose 12y ago
> His comments were interpreted as a direct attack on encrypted communications, such as Apple's FaceTime and Microsoft's Skype, among others.
Wow, BBC is so bad at this. Law enforcement can get any type of data they want from Skype already. They don't need anymore backdoors for that. Facetime, at least the audio part I think is end-to-end, and I don't think they can get access to it.
I'm amazed that after all the Snowden revelations there are news agencies (and because ones at that) that still consider Skype "secure".
- RankingMember 12y agoNot knowing much about the current standard for "best secure voice communication", could you (or someone) shed a little light on the best Skype alternative for the average in-the-field news reporter? I'm not a reporter- I'm just curious.
- tyho 12y agoRedphone https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.redphone&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri...
- alextgordon 12y agoThe NSA recommends ZRTP. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s-war-on-internet-security-a-1010361.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/inside-the-nsa-s...
- dandelion_lover 12y agoHere is a list: https://prism-break.org/en/all/#instant-messaging https://prism-break.org/en/all/#instant-messaging
- superobserver 12y agoNot comprehensive, but pretty good list. One thing I noticed that's missing from file storage: Mega.nz; they have free 50GB service with an interesting encryption scheme. And they should get better within the next year or so, I'd imagine.
- superobserver 12y agoGenerally, any OTR based chat service should be a step ahead of NSA. For a more traditional medium like e-mail, I'd recommend that you look into protonmail.ch. Couple that with PGP and it could take you pretty far.