# There's no you in srveillance

DevFeed: [There's no you in srveillance](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/there-s-no-you-in-srveillance-1864.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/theres-no-you-in-srveillance/>)

Published: 2015-01-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Mobile Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile-security.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [User Interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-interfaces.md>), [Whisper](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/whisper.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interfaces.md>), [mobile-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-security.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [user-interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interfaces.md>), [whisper](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/whisper.md>)

## AI overview

The article recounts an early attempt to communicate privately using a QBasic Caesar cipher and walkie-talkies, then connects that experience to the ongoing difficulties of privacy technology. It praises Open Whisper Systems for developing a fresh approach to challenging mobile security problems and for addressing the poor usability and legacy constraints common in privacy software.

## Source excerpt

Winter Break Of Code Day Thirteen My ten-year-old mind was completely blown when I realized that I could eavesdrop on the walkie-talkie conversations of the other kids in my neighborhood. I rode my bike to the library in stunned silence, found a book about codes and puzzles, and raced home to my computer. I reluctantly transformed QBasic into something other than a conduit for modified games of NIBBLES.BAS and GORILLA.BAS, and wrote a Caesar cipher implementation that worked in both directions. That ended up being the easy part. Read more...