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Article #271Re: Encrypted phones, keys, taps, ...
From: Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 07:04
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 07:04
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cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) writes:
> Imagine setting up a company to make cellular phones which use DES for
> stream encryption, to avoid tapping by illegal radio receivers. (There
> might even be such a company...)
>
> It would presumably encrypt traffic from the phone to the central office
> where the call would then be decrypted and sent as a normal clear signal.
>
> Is anyone out there already working on this?
Supposedly such phones are currently available in Washington, D.C. and
a few other areas. I've heard they are not real DES but enough coding to
foil most reasonable methods.
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