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I have a rule about encryption...it's gotta be Open Source, or I can't trust it. I know that can make it difficult to make a business around it (as someone that has started two Open Source based companies, I know it all too well), but it just doesn't even cross my mind to trust a closed source app with something I truly want to be private.

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I work on RedPhone and TextSecure, two GPLv3 apps for mobile encrypted voice and SMS: http://www.whispersystems.org

Thank you for your continued work in this field!

Awesome! Do these work with the Google Voice and GrooVe apps?

I do not want to hijack the thread, but was so excited when I found this with my first Android phone (a Vision G2) almost three years ago. The website has changed and looks super polished, but all mention of WhisperCore (the disk encryption solution) disappeared. I know, I know, LUKS encryption on modern Android OS branch (2.3 and 4.x, IIRC), but you said you were working on it and it then seemed to disappear. What happened?

> Janke has also committed to making the source code of the new technology available publicly “as fast as we can,” which means its security can be independently audited by researchers.

We'll just have to see if they follow up on the promise. I poked around on their website and didn't find anything.

tarsnap is a good example of a successful commercial product that makes its source code available for security review.

I tend to agree about source code, but in the specific case of silent circle, I trust the authors (prz, Jon Callas, and Vinnie, specifically).

I assume they'd be willing to show source for audit to anyone legitimate who would sign an NDA, at least as a major customer. That's not as good as open source, but close.

Do you run Windows, OS X, or iOS?

Linux and Android. Mostly. I have a Hackintoshed netbook, and a Windows 7 laptop that dual boots to Fedora. But, anything I care about (work, activism) happens on Linux. Windows is for games.

"The enemy knows the system"

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