-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The only almost-safe portable phone I can imagine is a purely VoIP phone, and that comes with a ton of caveats and precautions. It's a very difficult problem.
That whole corporate-locked-in-baseband thing seems to throw a curveball at any ideas I can think of when trying to execute a secure cellular device. I am, however, excited to see Zimmermann involved. Sam On Fri 17 Jan 2014 01:25:50 AM PST, Jim Bell wrote: > > > http://www.yahoo.com/tech/startup-launching-a-super-secure-nsa-proof-73511096050.html > > > Fears over NSA spying have prompted people around the world to think > about security differently, whether it be petitioning for companies to > better secure their data or changing the information they share online. > In particular, security around smartphones has been of great concern, as > people increasingly surf the Web, make calls and send messages from > their mobile devices. > An international group of privacy enthusiasts has come together to > create Blackphone, a smartphone that claims it will help to better > protect your information. > Mashable writes that Blackphone is the brainchild of Silent Circle and > Geekosphere, > with participation from big players in the fight for information privacy and > computer security. Phil Zimmermann, creator of data encryption > protocol PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), is one of the minds behind the > device. > “Blackphone provides users with everything they need to ensure > privacy and control of their communications, along with all the other > high-end smartphone features they have come to expect,” Zimmerman said, > according to Mashable. > [ Right Click: Kiwi lifestyle tracker to free people from their smartphones ] > The operating system is a custom build of Android OS called PrivatOS, > designed for improved security. Silent Circle’s CEO Mike Janke says the > project will be open source, as will the PrivatOS operating system. The phone > likely won’t have the most outstanding specs, but the team says > that’s because privacy is the top concern. > No specific details have been given about the phone yet (although > some of the code has been posted to GitHub). The companies say they’ll > be unveiling it properly at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona beginning Feb. > 24. > Even with very little information about the device currently > available, some media outlets are suggesting that the phone could be > “NSA-proof.” That’s a tall order, especially in light of a story from The New > York Times claiming that the NSA has implanted software in nearly 100,000 > computers to create backdoor radio access. > For more information on Blackphone, visit its website at > https://www.blackphone.ch. - -- http://about.me/sam.gordon Keep the net free Electronic Frontier Foundation https://supporters.eff.org/donate Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS2PrJAAoJEBNrXBfj4zc+lqAIAIpTi9wtUfXGIZSgZGk0LcCn jVTjpg6ZSd6C8uIrYPmXFiiy0DCnb1aj4ca6BoFRVbrVVad64ED4e/zqkM4lAqTU 9IilvLfzeTcX04OmZsXgU+644ymjODO5l/wb/hL1/DdQTHnyz91IzKZsocI7d3Cw Aatm0vEquUmwR0eT10LWto2F+phQze0OpMGLxCa/KN5+/q+Yk5MQ9o/wuEj2ePhu cUJOv8lFjkl+rbSC+6X1rIhaa89mKjlz8tLlXQYUj/++c5vXhDyMIe0lQratgzMm o076UvIhCeo7yz4ct5NzKFISSGW7CrTHt1xjQF1ybM6Nt1FV/wKxpTwBRB8qc1A= =dGK5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
