Insecure by Design: Protocols for Encrypted Phone Calls

Insecure by Design: Protocols for Encrypted Phone Calls

It is increasingly clear that existing phone security mechanisms are inadequate and that change is necessary. Instead of protecting phone conversations from eavesdropping, the UK government's proposed voice encryption standard appears to be designed to facilitate undetectable mass surveillance.

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Veröffentlicht in:Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Calif.), 2016-03, Vol.49 (3), p.25-33
1. Verfasser: Murdoch, Steven J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cellular telephones
Computer security
Cryptography
Data encryption
Design methodology
Encryption
Ethics
mobile
Mobile communication
Network security
network-level security and protection
privacy
Protocols
Public key
security
Security of data
Surveillance
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Zusammenfassung:It is increasingly clear that existing phone security mechanisms are inadequate and that change is necessary. Instead of protecting phone conversations from eavesdropping, the UK government's proposed voice encryption standard appears to be designed to facilitate undetectable mass surveillance.
ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/MC.2016.70