[asterisk-users] Using gizmo as softphone for Linux

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Frederico,

Gizmo Project is a US company. 

I hate to tell you, but under US law, they HAVE to be able to record not 
only detailed CDRs about your call, but also your DTMF codes and full 
conversations. Now, this would only be in the case of a warrant issued 
by the US Government to retrieve this information, but the possibility 
IS there.

We just had to set up a CALEA box for our datacenter to meet the May 
deadline, and I got to learn about all the nifty things that CALEA 
requires, how it's processed, and what the current batch of hardware CAN 
and CAN'T do.

For instance, things like ZRTP, SRTP, and audio-only DTMF are still (and 
likely to remain) pretty much impossible to decode for all calls. But of 
course, once you hit the PSTN (which is, after all, just a bunch of 
wires, fiber, and switches), it becomes relatively cake to record 
things.  At that point, though, you're beyond the reach of Gizmo and now 
within the reach of little Timmy and his lineman's handset (if you 
REALLY want to get paranoid).

Face it. If you're worried about the possible security of using a 
particular VoIP service for things like dialing bank PINs, you're 
probably worrying waaay too much. Gizmo Project, while it does have 
somewhat of a silly name (although no sillier than most in the 
business), is a reputable company with well-known owners, and would have 
a very difficult time sifting through all of its traffic to search for 
possible bank PINs and other juicy info.

N.


Frederico Madeira wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> During a time, i'm looking for a softphone that work fine in linux, 
> present good features, good audio quality and good interface.
> Recently i found gizmo and i'm testing it with my asterisk box. For my 
> purpouse he fit perfectly.
>
> I'm worried about security, because i need to inform my asterisk 
> username and password on gizmo interface, and i think that gizmo can 
> store this information on a database, gizmo can recorder my 
> conversation, can store my DTMF digits when i'm accessing my bank 
> account using a IVR, etc...
>
> How can i minimize this issues ? It's possible to use gizmo stand 
> alone of gizmo servers and only registered on my asterisk server ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Fred
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