Key Features:

512-bit Elliptic Curve Cryptography equivalent to 16-kilobit SSL

256-bit AES encryption of transmitted voice and text

POTS line or better quality full-duplex voice communication

Text chat windows saving the hassle of spelling valuable numbers and names

Adjustable volume and audio latency

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Description:
  1. 512-bit ECC key exchange was chosen as a faster and more efficient way to securely exchange randomly generated session encryption keys as opposed to basic RSA or Diffie-Hellman algorithms currently used by web browsers in SSL protocol for web site security. Due to the fact that this communication is between people and not computer programs, there is no need for one phone to authenticate itself to the other phone. People do it anyway removing the need for digital signatures exposing their identity to those who wish they knew who talks to who, where and when, even if they can't decrypt their speech.

    As soon as the conversation is over or as soon as the phones are turned off, the keys are destroyed on both sides immediately. There are no key management functions, no static keys and no keys or bits of voice are stored in the phone's long term memory. There is an option however to store the last dialed number for future easy dialing if the same number is used regularly.

  2. 256-bit AES encryption is the strongest level of reasonable and efficient encryption currently available. Even with rocketing development of computer technology and your encrypted conversation being intercepted and attacked for the next 100 years, it has been designed to resist such attack. 128-bit or even 168-bit encryption is simply not enough. Not anymore.

  3. If there are valuable numbers or text to send, there is no more need to spell out the words or digits. Simply type them on the keyboard and press Enter to have it sent to the other party. This feature is essential in cases of bugged environments or where words spoken out lound might be compromising.

  4. Absence of digital signatures or any other form of identification allows one phone to blend with other modem devices used around the globe thus anonymising every conversation and better protecting privacy of all users.

  5. Adjustable audio latency and voice transmission speed allow to easily tune the sound just the way you like, from a regular POTS conversation quality to mobile phone or on good quality lines even ISDN audio quality. Voice is digitised, collected for the specified latency period of time, then compressed, encrypted using AES encryption with current session key, and then digitally transmitted to the other side where it gets decrypted with current session key, decompressed and played back synchronously with the rest of the conversation. Data on the screen is transmitted independently and is also encrypted with the same session keys.

  6. With our years of experience in breaking similar systems, one of the key conclusions we've come to was that the user is always the weakest link in the security of any cryptosystem. Therefore making this system as fool-proof as possible and as hassle-free as possible was our main idea. There are no security features that can be disabled or bypassed and there is no sensitive data that is saved in the phone's long term memory to risk compromise of the past conversations.

  7. CryptoFone model AES-2000 is based on Sony VAIO PCG-C1, the lightest notebook computer suitable for those on the road although sophisticated enough to handle strong encryption. No identification marks on the notebook allow for its easy travel through any customs without any cryptography-related questions raised delaying your departure or arrival to any country. As CryptoFone is a Liechtenstein based company, all its products are legally allowed to be freely exported to any country without any restrictions.

  8. Other CryptoFone models and future modifications of AES-2000 will not be backwards-compatible. Backwards compatibility is required for companies to protect their investments but its compromising to security of devices like this. Although it might seem like a bit of a pain having to upgrade all the devices at the same time to the new model in order to stay ahead of the technology, such a measure is important to protect security of the future models and products thus protecting your privacy. Our privacy is important to us. The government has no right to enter your home, never did and never should. Believing in this we are using all the necessary measures to protect your privacy as well as ours. They don't want you to be educated enough to use hassle-free strong encryption. We do and our mission is to deliver it to you.

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