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risky biz
Jun 16, 2013, 10:09:01 PM6/16/13
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"Vic Hyder is a retired Navy SEAL and the chief operations officer of
Silent Circle, a communications service that provides encryption of video
and phone calls, as well as text messages and email.
Hyder said that Silent Circle doesn't hold any information about which
users communicate with whom, so if authorities were to come to Silent
Circle and say they knew of a criminal using the service, the most the
company could do would be to shut down the account in question."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/privacy-apps-services_n_3444217.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
Silent Circle, a communications service that provides encryption of video
and phone calls, as well as text messages and email.
Hyder said that Silent Circle doesn't hold any information about which
users communicate with whom, so if authorities were to come to Silent
Circle and say they knew of a criminal using the service, the most the
company could do would be to shut down the account in question."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/privacy-apps-services_n_3444217.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
VegasJerry
Jun 19, 2013, 9:33:22 AM6/19/13
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ChrisRobin
Jun 20, 2013, 2:18:26 PM6/20/13
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Clave
Jun 20, 2013, 2:46:01 PM6/20/13
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"ChrisRobin" <a9d...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
news:iktb9ax...@news.ezprovider.com...
Jim
ChrisRobin
Jun 20, 2013, 3:56:44 PM6/20/13
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On Jun 20 2013 2:46 PM, Clave wrote:
> I wouldn't trust any company with headquarters or servers in the USA.
I don't think anything other than direct, encrypted peer-to-peer
> I wouldn't trust any company with headquarters or servers in the USA.
communications can be trusted anymore, anywhere in the world... and that's
assuming the gov't doesn't have the processing power to crack that kind of
encryption, of course. I know PGP enthusiasts claim that we're decades
away from that milestone, but I certainly wouldn't bet anything of value
on it.
Clave
Jun 20, 2013, 4:16:14 PM6/20/13
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"ChrisRobin" <a9d...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
they don't log user information, but again it's an issue of trust.
On the other hand, those same VPN companies are in the trust business -- if
it becomes public that they've given up user data they claim to not keep,
they go out of business pretty damn fast, so it's really in their interest
to provide as much anonymity as they can get away with in whatever
jurisdiction they're operating.
Jim
risky biz
Jun 20, 2013, 6:03:40 PM6/20/13
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