Odyssey Technologies Launches First-o f-its-kind Global Solutions for Secure Digital Communication
Chennai, March 28, 2025
Odyssey Technologies Limited (ODYSSEY | 530175 | INE213B01019), a Chennai based listed company specializing in information security products and servic es for close to three decades has just released two software products. These pro ducts, styled xorkeesign mail and xorkeesign Spot address a very critical and global problem faced today and could potentially help 200 million email users and 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 called ‘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 rise as well. We have identity thefts, digital blackmail and extortion, ransomware attacks and all of them have been on the rise. In spite of security advisories and software vendors issuing security patc ches to their software at an increased pace these attacks are not abating. The problem is also global in nature and even the U.S citizens are given only cautions and advisories for their Toll Text and other 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 cause of these problems is, it is not being add ressed by any of these measures. Odyssey, with its experience in providing security software for sensitive financial seg ments came to the finding that most of these problems can be traced to a single root cause, which is asymmetry of digital identity. The hackers and other bad guys know who their victims are but the victims 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 hackers 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 distance 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 releasing today.”
xorkeesign Mail is a browser or mail client extension software that provides for senders to digitally sign their mails and f or verifiers to verify the signatures. Odyssey offers the verification functionality absolutely free so that the entire emailing population can arm themselves against mail based phishing attacks and other scams. If the users maintain the hygiene of not acting on a mail unless the signature on that is verified, they will remain provably safe.
xorkeesign Spot, a mobile app brings the same signature feature to SMS and other messages. While there is S/MIME and other server protocols for protecting emails, there is not even any attempted protection of the short messages. Odyssey 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 cryptography 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 custm ers and prospects. Verification for the customers is already free.
The identity recognized by xorkeesign is digital certificate based either directly or attested by a digital certificate holder for other people in his organization thus makng it economically viable for even enterprises that want to empower thous ands of their employees. The organizations can also attest extended and context-specific attributes of their employees A doctor’s specialization can be attested 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 attributes they need to reveal or hide depen ding on the need. This would also make the xorkeesign Spot app the answer to the problem of social media in ascertaining the users’ age without accessing any of his other private data
We expect between them xorkeesign mail 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 scams tatistics for the country will move towar ds zero.
Availability
xorkeesign Mail and xorkeesign Spot are no w available for businesses and individuals. For verification both are absolutely free for use and signers pay a subscription. To learn more or request a demon stration, visit www.odysseytec.com/xorkeesignmail or contact us at +91 99401 75448 or [email protected]
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