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Re:German researchers discover flaw that could let anyone li... by spacefight on Thursday December 18, 2014 @03:52PM (#8769554)
Of course we can be sure, that those fellows were not the first to learn about that.

The hack of belgium telco Belgacom sees more light day by day.

This system is broken beyond repair. We need to build it up from the ground, safe.

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Re:German researchers discover flaw that could let anyone li... by MichaelCrawford on Thursday December 18, 2014 @05:09PM (#8769950)
Someone is making encrypted Android phones in Switzerland, they said they would cost about $600.00, and should be shipping by now.

They can interoperate with regular Android phones if those phones have their app installed. I don't know what happens, if one calls a phone that does not support encryption.

Boeing is, or will soon be making such a phone, specifically intended for classified communication. I don't know whether they will be sold to the public.

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Re:German researchers discover flaw that could let anyone li... by moe on Friday December 19, 2014 @12:59AM (#8771274)
There's also a few Apps for encrypted calls.

The good ones are open source, such as RedPhone: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone

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