hoodlum
MuscleHead
- Jan 3, 2012
- 903
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Alright guys so if you've read some of my previous posts I do have a bit of nerd inside me at times and if your up to date with anything from the past few years in terms of communication security and what Snowden brought to light about our government's & major corporations spying on us then you might just realise that there are some major implications for the every-day user and their privacy is being stomped all over constantly, regardless of if you are doing something wrong or have something to hide. I know not many people on here are going to be interested in this and it wont be updated regularly, this log is mainly for anyone that is interested for themselves or anyone that wants to help can be involved.
My goals:
- Create/discover a secure mobile phone solution
Requirements:
- Secure encryption system for stored content
- Secure encryption system for text messages/instant messaging
- Secure encryption system for emails
- Independent code review available
- Free from backdoors (both software and cryptography standard)
Ideal:
- Secure encryption for calls
- Forced call encryption and/or notification of call cipher status
- Some security from IMSI catchers
- OTA update security
- Easily assessable advanced telephony details
- Delayed basestation replies
This list may change, probably expand but this will be the basics for now. As there are already advertised solutions for this out there and plenty of people that have been interested in this before me I expect to be examining all information and all potential solutions to create a secure mobile phone including commercial solutions and free solutions. There are plenty of commercial solutions but I will be looking at them on an individual basis and anything that wont allow independent code review will probably be disregarded immediately. I will try to mention everything I have a look at in here and list why certain things are either considered, chosen or disregarded.
This will be a fairly long project spanning a couple of months, maybe in to next year but I just needed to get a start on it now and have somewhere to put my thoughts together. I'm not bias towards iOS, Android or any others so I will consider everything (including the new Firefox OS). I am also happy to modify a mobile operating system to meet my requirements if that's what it takes and if I do modify anything I will provide the modifications here. If anyone wants any information feel free to ask questions on anything I speak about, I'm happy to explain things.
My goals:
- Create/discover a secure mobile phone solution
Requirements:
- Secure encryption system for stored content
- Secure encryption system for text messages/instant messaging
- Secure encryption system for emails
- Independent code review available
- Free from backdoors (both software and cryptography standard)
Ideal:
- Secure encryption for calls
- Forced call encryption and/or notification of call cipher status
- Some security from IMSI catchers
- OTA update security
- Easily assessable advanced telephony details
- Delayed basestation replies
This list may change, probably expand but this will be the basics for now. As there are already advertised solutions for this out there and plenty of people that have been interested in this before me I expect to be examining all information and all potential solutions to create a secure mobile phone including commercial solutions and free solutions. There are plenty of commercial solutions but I will be looking at them on an individual basis and anything that wont allow independent code review will probably be disregarded immediately. I will try to mention everything I have a look at in here and list why certain things are either considered, chosen or disregarded.
This will be a fairly long project spanning a couple of months, maybe in to next year but I just needed to get a start on it now and have somewhere to put my thoughts together. I'm not bias towards iOS, Android or any others so I will consider everything (including the new Firefox OS). I am also happy to modify a mobile operating system to meet my requirements if that's what it takes and if I do modify anything I will provide the modifications here. If anyone wants any information feel free to ask questions on anything I speak about, I'm happy to explain things.