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Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments’ feathers with a “surveillance-proof” smartphone app to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now, the company is pushing things even further—with a groundbreaking encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files securely from a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button.

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The technology uses a sophisticated peer-to-peer encryption technique that allows users to send encrypted files of up to 60 megabytes through a “Silent Text” app. The sender of the file can set it on a timer so that it will automatically “burn”—deleting it from both devices after a set period of, say, seven minutes.

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Until now, sending encrypted documents has been frustratingly difficult for anyone who isn’t a sophisticated technology user, requiring knowledge of how to use and install various kinds of specialist software. What Silent Circle has done is to remove these hurdles, essentially democratizing encryption. It’s a game-changer that will almost certainly make life easier and safer for journalists, dissidents, diplomats, and companies trying to evade state surveillance or corporate espionage. Governments pushing for more snooping powers, however, will not be pleased.

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Wiki, though I don't agree with you on some things, you are easily my favorite poster.

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While the article greatly overstates the "groundbreaking" features of this app, the concept of making this long existing technology available to non-techies is going to be a major game-changer.

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Isn't this the perfect storm for that company to be bought out by the Gubment so they can secretly record all data traffic?

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It remains to be seen if the use of this kind of technology will become commonplace.

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no government agency was interested in listening to my phone calls before, but now that i'll be encrypted, the NSA will mos def tap into my phone line! stellar idea!

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