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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. Are people really this paranoid? by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can see this being useful for governments (and probably
    criminals) but is the average man in the street really paranoid
    enough to want one? GSM is already encrypted - albeit weakly - but
    well enough to stop some telecoms script kiddy hearing what you're
    saying , and if you want to stop the government listening in to
    your conversations then you're out of luck anyway , since they'll
    just bug you some other way.

    So whats the point?

    1. Re:Are people really this paranoid? by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Troll

      What is it with the adolescent moderators? Anyone who dares disagree
      slightly with the line taken by the article gets modded as a troll??
      Wtf is going on here??! How excatly was I trolling you amateur hour
      moron moderator?