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Company Makes Inconspicuous Secure Cellphone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the price-tags-that-probably-cause-physical-pain dept.

dponce80 writes "With concerns over privacy at an all-time high, it's refreshing to hear that Swiss company VectroTel is making a secure mobile phone. The X8 encrypts secure calls (the unit is also able to make regular calls) with a virtually unbreakable 128-bit key, itself generated through a Diffie-Hellman exchange. While transmission does get somewhat delayed, communication is secure."

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  1. What does this mean for eavesdropping? by kneeslasher · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that Government agencies cannot listen to our oh-so-important phone calls? Typical. Millions if not billions of our tax money wasted if this technology becomes widely adopted.

    1. Re:What does this mean for eavesdropping? by Bromskloss · · Score: 3, Funny
      Millions if not billions of our tax money wasted if this technology becomes widely adopted.
      Which is of course better than both having spent all the money _and_ then getting harmed (spied on) by it.
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  2. Useless by cerberusss · · Score: 4, Funny
    While transmission does get somewhat delayed, communication is secure.

    This is of course useless for phone sex.

    Me: "So, what are you wearing?"
    Gf: "..."
    Me: "What are you wea*"
    Gf: "A hot small negli*"
    Me: "Sorry, please continue"
    (...)
    Gf: "A hot small neglige and nothing else"
    Me: "*grunt* and then?"
    (...)
    Gf: "I didn't hear you. What did you say after then?"
    Me: "Uh nothing, I was just asking, what do*"
    Gf: "Is this thing on? Oh wait now I hear you. Can you repeat?"
    Et cetera.

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    1. Re:Useless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or:

      GF calls.

      GF: Hi, could you..
      BF: Wait! Read the hash to me on the screen.
      GF: but..
      BF: someone might be doing a man-in-the-middle attack. just read the hash.
      GF: *sigh* [reads long string of numbers]
      BF: 8? did you say 8? not A?
      GF: No. AAY! Like APPLE.
      BF: Oh, phew.
      GF: *sigh*
      GF: now, could you pick up some milk?
      BF: okay.
      GF: *sigh* bye.

  3. Big question is by danceswithtrees · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it work with a foil hat?

  4. Can you hear me now?? by ghoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Verizon Guy: Can you hear me now?
    NSA analyst: No

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    **Life is too short to be serious**
  5. Concerns over privacy at all time high? by ambrosen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Really? I'm not aware of any particular events that are going on at the moment that would make people especially worrried about privacy.