With the FBI's long history of illegally spying on citizens, who in their right mind would purchase AT&T's US$1,295 Clipper-equipped Surity 3600 telephone device? If you have a PC and a modem, you're just one free piece of software away from having a completely spook-proof telephone.
Called Nautilus, the voice-encryption program was released in May by three programmers: Bill Dorsey of Mountain View, California; Pat Mullarky of Bellevue, Washington; and Paul Rubin of
Milpitas, California. The program has the ability to use an algorithm called "triple-DES" that is widely believed to be unbreakable. And unlike Clipper, there's no government backdoor. For a copy of Nautilus, ftp to ftp.csn.org/mpj/, download the file README, and follow the instructions.
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