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Re: MCI set to offer secure two-way messaging with strong encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gilmore)
Thu Oct 28 17:38:20 2004
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To: Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com>
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:16:39 -0700
From: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
> MCI Inc. will offer secure two-way messaging through its SkyTel
> Communications subsidiary next month, encrypting wireless text
> with the Advanced Encryption Algorithm.
Note that they don't say it's "end to end" encryption:
> Messages are encrypted between the device and an encryption server
> at SkyTel’s secure network operations center.
And presumably wiretappable there.
John
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