CONDOR secure cell phone

Qualcomm built several prototype secure CDMA phones for NSA under a contract project called "Condor". The NSA insisted on hardware encryption, which Qualcomm originally implemented using Fortezza PC cards, but later it became apparent that what the NSA really wanted was developed as the STU-III.

Cipher machines

Rotor machines	CCM Enigma M-125 Fialka Hebern HX-63 KL-7 Lacida M-325 Mercury NEMA OMI Portex RED SIGABA SIGCUM Singlet Typex

Mechanical	Bazeries cylinder C-36 C-52 CD-57 Cipher disk HC-9 Kryha Jefferson disk M-94 M-209 Reihenschieber Scytale

Teleprinter	5-UCO BID 770 DUDEK KW-26 KW-37 Lorenz SZ 40/42 Siemens and Halske T52

Secure voice	BID 150 FASCINATOR KY-3 KY-57 KY-58 KY-68 NESTOR OMNI SCIP Sectéra Secure Module SIGSALY STE STU-II STU-III VINSON

Other	JADE KG-84 KL-43 KL-51 Noreen PURPLE GREEN（Japanese：-{グリーン暗号}-） Pinwheel Rockex

Cryptography

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Symmetric-key algorithm Block cipher Stream cipher Public-key cryptography Cryptographic hash function Message authentication code Random numbers Steganography

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CONDOR secure cell phone

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