Verizon's New, Encrypted Calling App Comes Pre-Hacked for the NSA

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-11/verizons-new-encrypted-calling-app-comes-prehacked-for-the-nsa#r=lr-sr

by driverdan • 12 years ago

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zw123456• 12 years ago

Legally all the telecoms have to provide a "backdoor" for law enforcement snooping, in theory when they have a warrant, which as it turns out is all to easy to get (e.g. FISA) see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calea which explains the law (sort of).

mikecb• 12 years ago

This article leaves a lot to be desired. No perspective from a security expert on how law enforcement backdoors are also backdoors for others. Mention of non-existent end-to-end encryption for Gmail and Yahoo email (might be referring to the end-to-end project, but that's not even close to done). They probably meant to say server-to-server email communications. Also refer to Silent Circle as "in development." Finally, the title demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the past year and a half of disclosures. This is Verizon doing what Verizon does: find something they can charge extra for and slap together a poorly thought out and inadequately engineered app for it.

undersuit• 12 years ago

Don't worry if the government can access your encrypted communications. Government employees and contractors are completely trustworthy.

Verizon's New, Encrypted Calling App Comes Pre-Hacked for the NSA

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