New "Surveillance-Proof" App To Secure Communications Has Governments Nervous

[Amaterasu]

From: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/10/silent_circle_mike_janke_s_iphone_app_makes_encryption_easy_governments.single.html

Lately, Mike Janke has been getting what he calls the "hairy eyeball" from international government agencies. The 44-year-old former Navy SEAL commando, together with two of the world's most renowned cryptographers, was always bound to ruffle some high-level feathers with his new project—a surveillance-resistant communications platform that makes complex encryption so simple your grandma can use it.

We may want to use this...

[robomont]

when pgp came out there was one other type of encryption.the gov wanted backdoors to both.i think pgp gave them a backdoor but i dont know about the other one.
talk about the wild west if everything was encrypted.this world would be better off if we could keep our secrets ,secret.

[Amaterasu]

20 - 1 there IS a back door in this...  I could be wrong, but spidy sense says They want Us to THINK it's secure...

[robomont]

agreed

[Littleenki]

20 - 1 there IS a back door in this...  I could be wrong, but spidy sense says They want Us to THINK it's secure...

20-1 a generous odds...
LE

[Amaterasu]

Well...  I was giving HUGE benefit of the doubt!  [grin]