End-to-end encrypting US GSM phones?
Are there any existing, available US type GSM cell phones which provide good end-to-end voice encryption (ie, something better than the broken GSM crypto). thanks, Peter Trei ============================================================================ ================ This e-mail, its content and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and are PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. Access by any other party is unauthorized without the express prior written permission of the sender. If you have received this e-mail in error you may not copy, disclose to any third party or use the contents, attachments or information in any way, Please delete all copies of the e-mail and the attachment(s), if any and notify the sender. Thank You. ============================================================================ ================
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Trei, Peter wrote:
Are there any existing, available US type GSM cell phones which provide good end-to-end voice encryption (ie, something better than the broken GSM crypto).
Not to my knowledge. As for European-manufactured phones, the best-known such phone is probably the German Rhode & Schwarz TopSec handset. Rhode & Schwarz is of course the same company that sells a DEM 300,000 IMSI catcher targetted at the domestic German market and an outbound-call-only GSM interception station for "export-only" applications. The customer may wish to take the conflicting interests of the manufacturer into account when making a purchasing decision. The other well-known end-to-end encrypting phone is the Swedish Tiger product initially designed for the Swedish military market. Having participated in architectural discussions with the designers of the device, I would recommend against its purchase. In summary, at present trustworthy end-to-end encrypting GSM handsets are not available in the market place. -- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP encrypted email preferred.
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