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fliptop [soylentnews.org] writes:

The same government that is fighting against the use of encryption by its citizens has approved use of Silent Circle's app, which allows users to make end-to-end encrypted phone calls from iPhones, iPads, and Android devices [zdnet.com]:

The certification follows other major software makers, including BlackBerry and Apple, whose software is also allowed to be used for low-level secure work.

[...]The certification may benefit users in government, but it's the same administration that's spent the past year fighting Silicon Valley against encryption.

Some have called for backdoors to be put in encryption, despite calls from the security and academic community saying it would defeat the very point of scrambled data. Others have called on greater cooperation between the US government and tech companies.

Irony much?

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