Odyssey Technologies Launches First-o f-its-kind Global Solutions for Secure Di gital Communication
Chennai, March 28, 2025
Odyssey Technologies Limited (ODYSS EY | 530175 | INE213B01019), a Chenn ai based listed company specializing in i nformation security products and servic es for close to three decades has just rel eased two software products. These pro ducts, styled xorkeesign mail and xorke esign Spot address a very critical and gl obal problem faced today and could po tentially help 200 million email users an d over a billion smart phone users.
Sometime in the last couple of years, a n ew term entered the popular imagi nati on and took hold there. The term is call ed ‘Digital Arrest’. Though not a legitim ate legal term this seems to have taken firm roots in the public consciousness.
While digital arrest scams have caused s ignificant damage, there are other kinds of digital frauds that have been on the r ise as well. We have identity thefts, digit tal blackmail and extortion, ransomwar e attacks and all of them have been on t he rise. In spite of security advisories an d software vendors issuing security patc ches to their software at an increased p ace these attacks are not abating. The p roblem is also global in nature and even the U.S citizens are given only cautions a nd advisories for their Toll Text and othe er Scams but no solution.
In his comments, Mr.B.Robert Raja, Chai irman and Managing Director said, “It o nly shows that whatever is the root caus e of these problems is, it is not being add ressed by any of these measures. Odyss ey, with its experience in providing secu rity software for sensitive financial seg ments came to the finding that most of t hese problems can be traced to a single r oot cause, which is asymmetry of digital identity. The hackers and other bad guys know who their victims are but the victi ms are sadly ignorant.
The products Odyssey releases today ad dress this problem directly. By providing a way for senders to authenticate their mails, SMS and other messages, the hac kers cannot wear their convenient mask s anymore and the victims now have the power.
The situation is not unlike when we wer e in the midst of the pandemic when all and sundry measures like social distanc ce and wearing masks and sanitizing han ds were suggested and enforced but in t he end it was a vaccine that eliminated t he threat completely. It is the equivalent ent of a software vaccine we are releasi g today.”
xorkeesign Mail is a browser or mail clie nt extension software that provides for senders to digitally sign their mails and f or verifiers to verify the signatures. Ody ssey offers the verification functionality absolutely free so that the entire emaili ing population can arm themselves agai nst mail based phishing attacks and othe er scams. If the users maintain the hygie ne of not acting on a mail unless the sign ature on that is verified, they will remai n provably safe.
xorkeesign Spot, a mobile app brings the same signature feature to SMS and othe r messages. While there is S/MIME and other server protocols for protecting e mails, there is not even any attempted p rotection of the short messages. Odyss ey scores a global first in allowing mess age senders to digitally sign their mess ages and the recipients to verify them.
xorkeesign Spot also can be used to ask a user to prove his identity. This can hap pen when two users engage in a voice or video call or even in a personal meeting. While images of ID Cards, voices and ev en video can be easily faked, xorkeesign offers an identity that is based on crypt ography and cannot be faked even by an AI.
Odyssey has also made additions to its AltaSigna Enterprise software for large organizations to distribute millions of di gitally signed mails and SMS to their cus tomers and prospects. Verification for t he customers is already free.
The identity recognized by xorkeesign is digital certificate based either directly o r attested by a digital certificate holder for other people in his organization thus making it economically viable for even e nterprises that want to empower thous ands of their employees. The organizati ons can also attest extended and contex t-specific attributes of their employees A doctor’s specialization can be atteste d by the hospital, a lawyer’s by his law fir m and a researcher’s by his university. T he subjects can also determine the attri butes they need to reveal or hide depen ding on the need. This would also make t he xorkeesign Spot app the answer to th e problem of social media in ascertainin ning the users’ age without accessing an y of his other private data
We expect between them xorkeesign m ail and xorkeesign Spot will let the targe et user base of 200 million email users a nd over a billion mobile users to stay sec ure from scams of any kind. We also hop e that as this usage increases, the scam s tatistics for the country will move towar ds zero.
Availability
xorkeesign Mail and xorkeesign Spot ar e now available for businesses and indiv iduals. For verification both are absolut ely free for use and signers pay a subscri ption. To learn more or request a demon stration, visit www.odysseytec.com/xorkeesignmail or contact us at +91 99401 75448 or sales@odysseytec.com
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