Contractors Are Now Using Encrypted Calls and Texts for Legal Advice

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http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2013/08/contractors-now-using-encrypted-calls-and-text-legal-advice/69341/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov
August 26, 2013

With economic espionage and domestic surveillance creating a climate of 
cyber insecurity, some intellectual property attorneys now employ 
encrypted communications to correspond with federal contractor clients.

Tools such as RedPhone, a mobile voice app, and Silent Circle, a text, 
video and voice service, are among the more user-friendly technologies in 
use. Civil liberties activists, dissidents and some journalists have long 
resorted to cryptography to protect information, but some assembly was 
always required. The new secret message techniques still require trading a 
little convenience for confidentiality.

In an attempt to promote wider adoption, and perhaps his business, James 
Denaro, a patent litigation attorney with the CipherLaw Group, tweeted 
Friday night: "We use@Silent_Circle phone and text and encourage our 
clients to use it to contact us."

The firm started using Silent Circle about a month ago for calls and 
texting, and six clients are now active users, he told Nextgov via 
PGP-encrypted email. About 90 percent of the practice’s federal contractor 
clients use some sort of secure communications to talk or type with 
counsel. Adoption is lower among companies outside the government sector, 
with only a bit more than half of all clients, total, using encrypted 
correspondence. "Our federal contractor client base is relatively 
technically adept,” Denaro said.

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