Glass
11th September 2015, 01:30 AM
Not sure how well this works but the idea is good. This is an Android based OS that has been developed to enhance privacy. I get that the phone ships without the bloatware and other software hooks that are used for sucking data from peoples phones.
I heard about this from someone who has been involved in developing hardware for these and other phone handsets. I was talking to them about having a phone made for me that was as secure as possible. Things like fully disabled GPS, network information limits, phone identifiers etc and so on. Again not really sure how the GPS thing would work as most phones use a thing called Assisted GPS (aGPS).
My current device is not capable of a a few things because it does not have components that work on the local bands. Not saying it is secure, just that it is more flexible but probably nothing that could not be done with most rooted android based phones.
Anyway. This device should be shipping soon. The person I spoke with about a secure phone clarified what they do and they cannot sell me a device directly, AFAIK. They recommended this device as they have been working with this team and he says it's about the most secure one out there ATM. There is another device coming soon but I don't have any information. A German device.
This one is from Finland or Sweden or something.
https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/devices/silent-os/
It seems that this phone works by running a virtual OS on the phone inside of some flavour of Android.
A preview:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/03/blackphone-2-is-probably-the-worlds-most-secure-smartphone/
I heard about this from someone who has been involved in developing hardware for these and other phone handsets. I was talking to them about having a phone made for me that was as secure as possible. Things like fully disabled GPS, network information limits, phone identifiers etc and so on. Again not really sure how the GPS thing would work as most phones use a thing called Assisted GPS (aGPS).
My current device is not capable of a a few things because it does not have components that work on the local bands. Not saying it is secure, just that it is more flexible but probably nothing that could not be done with most rooted android based phones.
Anyway. This device should be shipping soon. The person I spoke with about a secure phone clarified what they do and they cannot sell me a device directly, AFAIK. They recommended this device as they have been working with this team and he says it's about the most secure one out there ATM. There is another device coming soon but I don't have any information. A German device.
This one is from Finland or Sweden or something.
https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/devices/silent-os/
It seems that this phone works by running a virtual OS on the phone inside of some flavour of Android.
A preview:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/03/blackphone-2-is-probably-the-worlds-most-secure-smartphone/