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NSA Publishes Blueprint For Top Secret Android Phone

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-keep-using-that-word-I-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "The National Security Agency has designed a super-secure Android phone from commercial parts, and released the blueprints(Pdf) to the public. The doubly-encrypted phone, dubbed Fishbowl, was designed to be secure enough to handle top secret phone calls yet be as easy to use and cheap to build as commercial handsets. One hundred US government staff are using the phones under a pilot which is part of a wider project to redesign communication platforms used in classified conversations."

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  1. Double Encryption??? by msgmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow sounds very secure, hopefully they did n't decide to go with ROT-13 twice.

    1. Re:Double Encryption??? by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Watches the contrails of the age-old ROT-13 twice joke go streaming by far, far above AC's head.

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    2. Re:Double Encryption??? by alostpacket · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not only double secure, but if you're caught doing something nefarious, they put you on double secret probation. They have also contacted Double Mint Gum about possible trademark licensing.

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  2. Will it fit... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a shoe?

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    1. Re:Will it fit... by Maintenance+Goof · · Score: 5, Funny

      Since this is not a secure channel, I think we should use the cone of silence!

  3. Re:I want one. by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely you mean all three sides of the conversation...

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  4. Microsoft about to sue government? by JonahsDad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wondering when Microsoft sues the NSA for patent infringement for using Android.

  5. Gotta love /. headlines... by RareButSeriousSideEf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sensationalistic, inaccurate, or self-contradictory, pick any two.

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    1. Re:Gotta love /. headlines... by kat_skan · · Score: 3, Funny

      It is but there's a trick to it. You just have to pick two different ones when they post the dupe.