Ripcord Networks was a voice and video cryptographic security company. Their headquarters was in
San Mateo, California
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in the
United States
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.
Ripcord Networks was founded in 2003. Board members included
Steve Wozniak
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, Apple Computer's co-founder;
John McAfee, McAfee Antivirus founder,
Ellen Hancock, the former CEO of
Exodus Communications
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, former CTO of Apple Computer, and former EVP of IBM. Ripcord's founder and CEO was
Alex Fielding.
External links
www.ripcord.comWired News reference
Software companies based in California
Software companies of the United States