FINALLY! we can buy Staria

[Steve Furlong]

"Dr. Evil" wrote:
> So, I checked all the URLs you gave me, and none of them, except the
> STU, use real encryption, and the STUs are either not available, or
> they are backdoored.
> 
> Starium is competing with STUs.
...
> > And others in the over-US$1000 range.
> 
> Right, so Starium is price-competitive, easier to use, and possibly
> more secure.  Oh, and they will sell to anyone who has money, unlike
> the STU sellers, I assume.
> 
> I think their initial market are customers such as law enforcement,
> criminal defense lawyers, and executives who might compare this with a
> STU, and for whom $1000 vs $100 is no big deal. ...

We probably need to define the product category we're discussing. I was
listing devices which prevent casual interception, and which Joe Average
might conceivably buy. The Starium is obviously more robust than that,
and consequently more expensive.

You asked in a previous message about the market size. For casual stuff,
tens or hundreds of thousands in the US, if the device is in the $100
range. For the serious stuff, I think you nailed the market pretty well.
One or two orders of magnitude less, if the device is in the $1000
range. Those numbers both assume no government interference, of course.


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