C5IS revisits AGNITiO, a market leader in voice biometrics for law enforcement and government surveillance, with a big voice in multi-factor authentication. A year after our review of AGNITiO, the Madrid-based company remains undisputed leader in voice biometrics for electronic surveillance, targeted intercept and forensics evidence. AGNITiO-branded voice biometric systems … [Read more...]
Silent Circle’s U.S. Exit — What Was the Point?
C5IS reviews Silent Circle, a maker of encryption to protect mobile calling, messaging and videoconferencing, and the “surveillance-proof” Blackphone. In business as in life, what often seems coincidence is in fact deliberate timing. In August 2013, Silent Circle without warning cancelled its popular Silent Mail service, characterizing e-mail as the sole point of … [Read more...]
NSA Decryption: New Snowden Leak is Ancient History
A breaking Der Spiegel story on NSA decryption challenges aroused little interest in the U.S. this week, raising doubts whether source Edward Snowden remains relevant and if stolen files dating back many months still hold news value. While it's SOP in the media business that anything never before reported is still news, the same principle doesn't apply in the electronic … [Read more...]