The answer is yes.
The bug is that you have an education where help is needed from outside. The feature is that programs like these can be used as a tax deduction and/or a way to influence.
Having companies have influence in schools is something that is bad, as far as I can see it. When I was young, representatives of TetraPack came to the schools to explain to the kids how their package was better than bottles. Yep, throweing was away better than keeping it.
I was too young to doubt adults, so I believed them. No doubt that many other kids did the same. The goal was that the kids would talk at home how they learned about this great new way of throwing away things was better than old fashioned glass. (Better for the enviroment as well, somehow)
So kids where used directly to influence.
I do not trust companies about the information they give me as an adult. They have been lyinh and cheating enough for me not to trust them. So I certainly not trust them in educating these small humans.
Having government have influence in schools is something that is bad, as far as I can see it. When I was young, representatives of government came to the schools to explain to the kids how the drug war was good for people. Yep, imprisoning drug users was better than allow people to use drugs.
I was too young to doubt adults, so I believed them. No doubt that many other kids did the same. The goal was that the kids would talk at home how they learned about this great new way of performing cavity searches in airports to check for drugs was better than old fashioned allowing people to do what they want. (Better for the enviroment as well, somehow)
So kids where used directly to influence.
I do not trust government about the information they give me as an adult. They have been lyinh and cheating enough for me not to trust them. So I certainly not trust them in educating these small humans.
Simply put, there is no such thing as a truly secure phonecall.
Any "easy" solution coming out of or running through the USA needs to be "insecure" thanks to CALEA - Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act - but even if this were not an issue, the endpoints can still be bugged and systems hacked.
You may be able to get a fair part of the way there by setting up your own infrastructure (ie something which runs over a VPN and/or ZRTP) - Maybe look at Silent Circle for an ?easy? partial solution to your woes.
Truth. The thing most people forget is that the NSA and similar organizations use brute-force decryption as a last resort. As the FBI has demonstrated very publicly several times over the last year that hacking the endpoint is the preferred method of intercept (after CALEA) because it's so much easier.
Windows Phone, iOS, and Android (yes, including Black Phone) all have so much surface area and so many insecure third-party dependencies that it's all but impossible to lock them down. So if someone really wants in, you're going to get hacked no matter which phone or app you're using.
One has to look out for engineers -- they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb. -- Marcel Pagnol
