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Um. Isn't encrypted calling on iPhones already provided by FaceTime Audio?
It's great that we have more privacy options for phone calls, texts, etc. But we still need a great "Privacy" phone, right? There's been attempts to do so recently (Blackphone, PrivacyPhone), but both have suffered from the same fault: a binary blob for the baseband, something that renders all your privacy moot. I've heard the best recommendation is a tablet + USB LTE dongle, to put some space between the two process…
Many people are already familiar with Moxie Marlinspike's WhisperSystems because of their Android apps: RedPhone for encrypted calls, and TextSecure for SMS messages. The release of Signal is a pretty big deal for iOS users; previously, we had to consider a paid option like Silent Circle, or a larger corporate option like FaceTime Audio (which isn't really the same). Although I haven't actually used the app yet (it's…
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Is there any way you can substantiate any of this? I wouldn't be shocked, but it seems borderline implausible that we'd be getting all this interest in various ways to hack into iPhones physically if you could just dial a number--and I think it also goes without saying that, whether Apple provides official backdoors or no, it has a high interest in ensuring that there aren't any unofficial backdoors for many other re…
Many people are already familiar with Moxie Marlinspike's WhisperSystems because of their Android apps: RedPhone for encrypted calls, and TextSecure for SMS messages. The release of Signal is a pretty big deal for iOS users; previously, we had to consider a paid option like Silent Circle, or a larger corporate option like FaceTime Audio (which isn't really the same). Although I haven't actually used the app yet (it's…
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Many people are already familiar with Moxie Marlinspike's WhisperSystems because of their Android apps: RedPhone for encrypted calls, and TextSecure for SMS messages. The release of Signal is a pretty big deal for iOS users; previously, we had to consider a paid option like Silent Circle, or a larger corporate option like FaceTime Audio (which isn't really the same). Although I haven't actually used the app yet (it's…
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Hijacking a smartphone by only knowing its number on the other hand does not seem realistic too me. So a source for this claim would be great …
It's great that we have more privacy options for phone calls, texts, etc. But we still need a great "Privacy" phone, right? There's been attempts to do so recently (Blackphone, PrivacyPhone), but both have suffered from the same fault: a binary blob for the baseband, something that renders all your privacy moot. I've heard the best recommendation is a tablet + USB LTE dongle, to put some space between the two process…
you are mixing things up. Privacy and Opensource. For a true open source project look at http://www.replicant.us/ And regarding privacy: Use SIM cards which do not require an ID and which you can throw away ;) but this is only the first step.
One of the main criticisms of the Blackphone was that A) PrivacyOS (I think it was called) was seemingly black box (no pun intended) -- they said they would open up the code soon, but we haven't seen anything yet B) It still would use a binary baseband. The illusion of security is sometimes worse than no security, and open source code helps with removing those barriers (Although it doesn't neccesarily -- just look at OpenSSL).
Um. Isn't encrypted calling on iPhones already provided by FaceTime Audio?
I'm sure there is no real end-to-end encryption. And you can only do that between iPhone/Mac users.
"The audio/video contents of FaceTime calls are protected by end-to-end encryption, so no one but the sender and receiver can access them. Apple cannot decrypt the data."
https://ssl.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Security_Feb1...
> And you can only do that between iPhone/Mac users.
Ah yeah, I thought Signal was only for iPhone, based on the title. Should have read the first paragraph more closely.