"Dr. Evil" wrote: > So, I checked all the URLs you gave me, and none of them, except the > STU, use real encryption, and the STUs are either not available, or > they are backdoored. > > Starium is competing with STUs. ... > > And others in the over-US$1000 range. > > Right, so Starium is price-competitive, easier to use, and possibly > more secure. Oh, and they will sell to anyone who has money, unlike > the STU sellers, I assume. > > I think their initial market are customers such as law enforcement, > criminal defense lawyers, and executives who might compare this with a > STU, and for whom $1000 vs $100 is no big deal. ...
We probably need to define the product category we're discussing. I was listing devices which prevent casual interception, and which Joe Average might conceivably buy. The Starium is obviously more robust than that, and consequently more expensive. You asked in a previous message about the market size. For casual stuff, tens or hundreds of thousands in the US, if the device is in the $100 range. For the serious stuff, I think you nailed the market pretty well. One or two orders of magnitude less, if the device is in the $1000 range. Those numbers both assume no government interference, of course. -- Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel 617-670-3793 "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato