[1]http://web.archive.org/web/20161101183101/https://blog.cryptographye ngineering.com/2013/05/14/a-few-thoughts-on-cellular-encryption/ Clemente’s claim generated lots of healthy skepticism. This isn’t because the project is technically infeasible ([2]the numbers mostly add up), or because there’s no [3]precedent for warrantless wiretapping. To me the most convincing objection was simple: it’d be hard to keep secret.* Mostly for boring phone company reasons. [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A (2006) [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Merrill Too many blatantly ignorant people with PhDs. Truely there is grade inflation. References 1. http://web.archive.org/web/20161101183101/https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/05/14/a-few-thoughts-on-cellular-encryption/ 2. http://web.archive.org/web/20161101183101/http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/05/is_the_us_gover.html 3. http://web.archive.org/web/20161101183101/https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/presskit/ATT_onepager.pdf 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Merrill