On 4 Aug 2001, Dr. Evil wrote:

What's up with voice encryption? I'm ready to use it. I'm ready to

Me, too. Let's do it, then: http://www.speakfreely.org/

pay money for it. However, this is only if it uses a real crypto algorithm (AES, 3DES, and not some "proprietary" crap) and if it has a published protocol, so we can verify that it is actually encrypting properly. Starium has had "demo" units out for almost two years now, but their web page has been static for a long time, and no one has

They folded, I thought?

answered the phone there for a long time. Any others? I know that voice encryption is the last great crypto taboo, and I'm waiting for it to fall.

I am aware of quite a few other voice encryption units out there, but all that I have looked into have used a proprietary protocol, and even worse, some proprietary crypto algorithm. That seems pretty useless. If their alg is so fabulous why didn't they submit it to the AES competition? Ergo, their alg is not so fabulous.

We've got a lack of user base problem. I'm expecting voice encryption in software when PDA (or wearable) with ~10 kBps wireless connectivity become commonplace.