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 Current mass-market communications technology is very insecure. User adoption rates for encryption of emails, instant messages, and phone calls are for all intents nil. Even the use of ad-free, cookie-free, untraceable internet browsing is on the order of 5%, despite its extreme ease. Legal protection for the privacy of such communications is scarcely any better. For example, the NSA wiretapped and obtained incriminating evidence about a high-ranking Democratic congresswoman who was perhaps uncoincidentally in line for the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee. Authority for roaming, warrantless wiretaps has been claimed by presidents from both political parties. The dominant usage of technology in America has destroyed the expectation of privacy that people used to enjoy effortlessly. Perhaps we can convince people to take matters into their own hands.

I initially proposed the PATRIOT phone, envisioning this. It'd feature RSA cryptography with no back doors or key escrow. With the right marketing strategy, a satisfactory product, and reasonable price points, it shouldn't be difficult to sell several thousands of such devices. At that point, the device becomes an impediment to large scale surveillance. If even 1% of network traffic were encrypted, it would be impossible to capture that volume of traffic for cryptanalysis -- there simply aren't enough supercomputers.


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