| John Navas 2006-08-17, 4:33 am |
| <http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/...ile_encryption/>
A new piece of encryption software "that would have made it
impossible for the alleged tapping of mobile phones belonging to the
Royal household, ministers, MPs, and celebrities to take place is set
to be launched in the UK," by One Day Mobile.
A pre-announcement has been issued, saying: "Babylon nG, available
from One Day Mobile (http://www.onedaymobile.co.uk/), has been
jointly developed with German partners Safe-com and the military and
can be used on 2.5 and 3G mobile telephones and smartphones. Users
simply install the software which enables them to encrypt some, or
all, of their conversations."
The drawback, of course, is that the data channel has to be used, not
the voice channel. The voice call is encrypted, and a plain data
stream sent across GPRS. The result will almost certainly be secure,
but there's no guarantee of smooth and continuous transmission.
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