I used to use this quote all the time too...until I realized it originally meant something entirely different.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-ben...
"In short, Franklin was not describing some tension between government power and individual liberty. He was describing, rather, effective self-government in the service of security as the very liberty it would be contemptible to trade. Notwithstanding the way the quotation has come down to us, Franklin saw the liberty and security interests of Pennsylvanians as aligned."
http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/07/what-ben-franklin-really-...
Strong property rights are very useful to a healthy economy, but sanctified?
Sound familiar?
Is it free software? What differentiates it from Signal/TS?
In comparison, Signal/TS is free software, but uses novel crypto for text messages. I believe RedPhone/Signal voice is still just ZRTP. RedPhone/Signal will convert the SAS code to two frequently-amusing phrases, whereas LinPhone will just display the raw code.
There doesn't seem to be an easy way to use RedPhone with Tor, or to anonymously register with RedPhone, though I could be wrong.
http://hc3sz3i2rb5dljqq.onion/
Edit: my bad it's late...of course there is no risk of mitm as it's a tor service, so no risk of bad exit node -_-' sorry guys
* (Usual caveats about that being the correct .onion address, about the encryption not flawed etc)
> Q: Can I call any number I want?
> A: No. Ghost Call can only call other Ghost Call numbers.
> Q: How can we contact you?
> A: You can email us at info@ghostcall.io, or Ghost Call us: (490)-628-2381
So it's a ZRTP SIP provider that uses regular phone number format as the identifier? It strikes me as rather much like OSTN/OSTel, but using a phone-number-looking identifier rather than a username... and if that's the case, the whole ostn stack is opensource/auditable and federated, so I'm unsure of the improvement here, aside from the branding. Heck, I would prefer if they used the OSTN chef cookbooks and contributed back.
EDIT: Nooo! I'm the downer top commenter! I have become all that I am mildly irritated by. To clarify, I like that this service was created, and commend the interest of the devs, regardless of my outstanding questions :)
I think there is even an XKCD for this phenomenon.
For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software
Is there a particular reason to do so during their beta?
ZRTP and the sign-up process means it will be hard to connect the little metadata they have, so they've narrowed down the amount they're trusted with by a large margin
That said, that's just a guess.
It's fascinating how the public responds to the government.
Anyway, nice business. If I'm understanding correctly, you are basically an SIP hosting provider that assumes your clients will use Linphone to connect. Am I correct in this? If so, it's an interesting model, but I think you need to put more effort into clarifying that you are a host, not a security provider. Also, you might want to apply some of that hosting expertise to your website....
1st: Ghost Call recommends ZRTP media encryption
2nd: ZRTP hash allows a MITM (Man In The Middle) and creates a risk of decryption.
Why recommend it then? Am I missing something?
