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Android has a number of privacy features built-in, but whether they're enabled or not, or even useful depends heavily on the carrier that has the phone, and the user who owns it. If you don't enable encryption, use a VPN, or turn on remote lock and wipe, you don't get any benefit from those features. On top of that, you have to worry about ads, malware and fake apps getting through Android's defenses, and insecure networks. That's what all of these phones want to address. Three phones made their debut at MWC. Let's take a look at them one by one
The Blackphone: The Blackphone is a collaboration between the folks at Silent Circle and Geeksphone. It runs a security-focused build of Android called PrivatOS, which boasts untrackable search, few bundled apps, built-in encryption, smart Wi-Fi (that disables itself against non-trusted networks), granular app permission controls, direct security updates and patches, and encrypted calls, texts, and chats. It'll retail for $629. You can read more about it at The Verge here, and at TechCrunch here.
The FreedomPop Privacy Phone: Nicknamed the "Snowden Phone," FreedomPop's Privacy Phone is a modified Samsung Galaxy S II that uses FreedomPop's VoIP network for calls and chats, encrypts and secures your connection via their own VPN, and uses 128-bit encryption to secure everything else on your device, from your apps to your data. It comes with software to encrypt your calls and chats before they go out over FreedomPop's VoIP network. It'll set you back $189. You can read more about it on the FreedomPop Kinja blog here, at Engadget here, and at TechCrunch here.
The Boeing Black: The Black, not to be confused with the Blackphone, is a tiny, thin Android-powered device that will self-destruct when it's tampered with, and will likely grace the pockets of spies and field agents around the world. All transmissions to and from the phone will be encrypted, all data at rest on the device will be encrypted, and the phone will be customizable or different needs and use cases. Boeing's primary customer here will be government, defense, and other agencies where people need high-end mobile technology, but also need security. You can read more about it at ArsTechnica here and here. Full story...
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Android has a number of privacy features built-in, but whether they're enabled or not, or even useful depends heavily on the carrier that has the phone, and the user who owns it. If you don't enable encryption, use a VPN, or turn on remote lock and wipe, you don't get any benefit from those features. On top of that, you have to worry about ads, malware and fake apps getting through Android's defenses, and insecure networks. That's what all of these phones want to address. Three phones made their debut at MWC. Let's take a look at them one by one
The Blackphone: The Blackphone is a collaboration between the folks at Silent Circle and Geeksphone. It runs a security-focused build of Android called PrivatOS, which boasts untrackable search, few bundled apps, built-in encryption, smart Wi-Fi (that disables itself against non-trusted networks), granular app permission controls, direct security updates and patches, and encrypted calls, texts, and chats. It'll retail for $629. You can read more about it at The Verge here, and at TechCrunch here.
The FreedomPop Privacy Phone: Nicknamed the "Snowden Phone," FreedomPop's Privacy Phone is a modified Samsung Galaxy S II that uses FreedomPop's VoIP network for calls and chats, encrypts and secures your connection via their own VPN, and uses 128-bit encryption to secure everything else on your device, from your apps to your data. It comes with software to encrypt your calls and chats before they go out over FreedomPop's VoIP network. It'll set you back $189. You can read more about it on the FreedomPop Kinja blog here, at Engadget here, and at TechCrunch here.
The Boeing Black: The Black, not to be confused with the Blackphone, is a tiny, thin Android-powered device that will self-destruct when it's tampered with, and will likely grace the pockets of spies and field agents around the world. All transmissions to and from the phone will be encrypted, all data at rest on the device will be encrypted, and the phone will be customizable or different needs and use cases. Boeing's primary customer here will be government, defense, and other agencies where people need high-end mobile technology, but also need security. You can read more about it at ArsTechnica here and here. Full story...
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