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		octoberfranklin on Nov 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Second Swiss firm allegedly sold encrypted spying ... This article fails completely to state exactly what an "OC-500" does. Google is unhelpful because (a) it's a 30-year-old device and (b) there are a bajillion copies of this news story flooding the search results. Poor journalism is poor.

andreasley on Nov 29, 2020 | [–]

Here's PDF that has specs for some Omnisec products: http://www.universal-defense.com/UD/Communication_files/11_C...

It's probably 20 years old, but still interesting I think. They also seem to have sold a VPN client.

gadtfly on Nov 29, 2020 | [–]

Looks like encrypted fax systems: https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/omnisec/index.htm

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