How the Greek cellphone network was tapped.

[Florian Weimer]

* Ian Farquhar:

> Crypto has been an IP minefield for some years.  With the expiry of
> certain patents, and the availability of other unencumbered crypto
> primitives (eg. AES), we may see this change.  But John's other
> points are well made, and still valid.  Downloadable MP3 ring tones
> are a selling point.  E2E security isn't (although I've got to
> wonder about certain teenage demographics... :)

It's also an open question whether network operators subject to
interception requirements can legally offer built-in E2E encryption
capabilities without backdoors.

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