Technical Tuesday – 23 April 2013 – Secure VoIP & Messaging for Mobile Platforms by Phil Zimmermann of Silent Circle

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Phil’s interest in secure telephony predated secure email, but he had to wait for technology infrastructure to mature.  This presentation will show you how to communicate securely without relying on PKI.

Presented by: Phil Zimmermann of Silent Circle

Phil is Co-Founder and President of Silent Circle, a private encrypted telecommunications firm based in Silicon Valley and Washington DC, providing encrypted text, email, mobile phone and video teleconference services.

Phil is the creator of both PGP, the most widely used email encryption software in the world, and the Zfone/ZRTP secure VoIP standard.  Earlier in 2012 Phil was honored as an inductee into the ‘Internet Hall of Fame.’  PC World named him one of the ‘Top 50 Tech Visionaries’ of the last 50 years and InfoWorld named him one of the ‘Top 10 Innovators in E-business.’ He has received Privacy International’s ‘Louis Brandeis Award,’ CPSR’s ‘Norbert Weiner Award,’ the ‘EFF Pioneer Award,’ and the Chrysler Award for ‘Innovation in Design.’