Secure messaging will now be built into the popular Android-based operating system

As we continue to read new revelations about the extent of the government's spying on citizens, more people are looking into ways to protect their privacy in emails, texts, and phone calls. You could write all your messages with lemon juice on parchment, but given the realities of the modern world, cryptographic encryption provides the best balance between security and convenience.Unfortunately, encrypting your messages is still really inconvenient. Users who want to protect their privacy must typically go through a lengthy installation process that is probably explained in technical jargon, and then only send messages to people who are using the same protocol.But what if secure messaging were built into your phone's underlying operating system, so that everyone on the same platform is automatically exchanging encrypted messages?Cyanogen, the independent company that makes the popular CyanogenMod version of Android, announced today that its users will soon be using secure text messaging by default. 

Cyanogen teamed up with Open Whisper Systems, which makes open source apps for secure texting and phone calls, in order to integrate encryption seamlessly into a phone's firmware. Install CyanogenMod, and your texts to other users of CyanogenMod and Open Whisper System's TextSecure will automatically be encrypted. You can still use whatever SMS app you like."We want everyone to have access to advanced secure communication methods that are as easy and reliable to use as making a normal phone call or sending a normal text message," Moxie Marlinspike, co-founder of Open Whisper Systems,Glass Insulated Bottle 34 Ounce Color May Vary Thermos Flask Coffee Soup Bottle. Color - Gran/blue. thermos flaskIn the unlikely event that the item.Customer who searched pda supports thermal printer also searched:OEM Production pda with mobile printer Professional Technical Thermal printer OEMSupport. says in an email. "The collaboration we've done with Cyanogen takes us substantially closer to our goal of completely frictionless secure communication. Users don't have to do anything special or different, it just happens."The move makes end-to-end secure messaging available to a potentially huge user base. Cyanogen has 10 million known users, but it also gives users the option to not be counted. Considering these hidden users, there could be as many as 30 million CyanogenMod installations, the CEO estimates. The company aims to take on Windows Phone as the third-largest mobile operating system.Order and personalize your own custom silicone bracelets and rubber bracelets. Slap BraceletChoose your own message, color, and font.The update will be rolled out to the newly released 10.2 version of CyanogenMod, which is installed by roughly 668,000 users, and then incorporated into earlier versions.