They should be able to do blackphone to blackphone secure voice and text reasonable well. Other android apps and phone location tracking, not so much.
-Lance
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On Jan 17, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Sam Gordon <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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:
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>>
>> http://www.yahoo.com/tech/startup-launching-a-super-secure-nsa-proof-73511096050.html
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>>
>> 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.
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