phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

[Ali, Saqib]

A notable mention is http://www.cryptophone.com/ . They are the only
secure phone provider that allows for independent review of the source
code.

On 4/30/07, Steven M. Bellovin <smb at cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
> According to an NY Times article
> (http://news.com.com/Phone+taps+in+Italy+spur+rush+toward+encryption/2100-1029_3-6180118.html?tag=nefd.top),
> phone encryption technology is becoming popular in Italy because of
> many recent incidents of conversations being published.  Sometimes, a
> wiretap is being leaked; other times, it seems to be private behavior:
>
>         What has spurred encryption sales is not so much the legal
>         wiretapping authorized by Italian magistrates--though
>         information about those calls is also frequently leaked to the
>         press--but the widespread availability of wiretapping
>         technology over the Internet, which has created a growing pool
>         of amateur eavesdroppers. Those snoops have a ready market in
>         the Italian media for filched celebrity conversations.
>
>
>
>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>
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-- 
Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net

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