[45475] in Cypherpunks
Re: Motorola Secure Phone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Fri Dec 15 20:17:17 1995
From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
To: dan@milliways.org
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 16:34:37 -0800 (PST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199512152338.XAA22526@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net> from "Dan Bailey" at Dec 15, 95 06:40:02 pm
My AT&T 900 (or is it 9000?) MHz digital cordless phone says
the same thing. I figure it uses a weak cryptosystem. There is
something about key setup when you return the handset to the base.
(The phone was $200, FWIW)
>
>
> I saw a new cordless phone made by Motorola in a retail outlet today
> that is supposedly "Secure from eavesdroppers." I asked the
> salespeople for more technical info, but they weren't very helpful.
> Does anyone have any information on this? I didn't notice any "Not
> for Export" stickers on the box, and the ITAR does cover
> spread-spectrum technology. So is it analog or digital? Is it just
> doing simple analog tricks, or is it encrypting a bitstream? Clipper
> maybe? I doubt it. Any info appreciated.
> Dan
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