If you are important confidentiality of correspondence, voice and video calls from your smartphone, take a look at Blackphone. This gadget provides a new level of security to your person that is unparalleled in the market of mobile devices.
Nowadays, the mobile phone is no longer simply a means of communication. Now he is - a complete repository of your secrets. But how do we relate to the confidentiality of personal data? Almost nothing. At best, we put artful application to encode the lock screen or remove the battery from the SIM-card out of the phone at night.
An international team of engineers and specialists in the field of encryption offered around the world to look differently to ensure privacy. They have developed a smartphone called Blackphone puts the safety of your identity to the next level. Let's find out what is so innovative we presented.
Authors of the project
Mention about the author of the gadget, it is precisely their authority is to coerce the mass consumer to emptying shelves Blackphone. SGP Technologies Company is a product of the merger of the efforts of two other companies: softvennoy and "iron".
For the software part responsible company Silent Circle - the world's leading encryption of communications services, with headquarters in Washington. Silent Circle has its own network for voice, video, and text files to the mobile device via a special application in encrypted form. service servers are located in Canada as one of the most successful countries in terms of fighting for the confidentiality of the data. The founders of the company are little-known former seal US armed forces Mike Janke (Mike Janke) and where more celebrities kits in the field of cryptography and encryption Phil Zimmerman (Phil Zimmermann) and Jon Callas (Jon Callas).
gland development was farmed out to young Spanish manufacturer of smartphones Geeksphone. The company is known thanks to its bold enough focus on not the most common mobile platform Firefox OS. In general, a lot of ambition, the noise, too.
Blackphone
What efforts were born two partners? First of all, it is worth noting Blackphone operating system called PrivatOS. The name speaks for itself. But PrivatOS - is "only" a revised version of the well known mobile OSes from Google.
Blackphone allows the user to control all the data passing through your smartphone, including phone calls, contacts, web-surfing and activity of each installed application. With the purchase of the phone you get a two-year subscription to the entire suite of applications to encrypt communication by Silent Circle, 5GB protected cloud storage data SpiderOak, as well as the anonymous access to the network of Disconnect.me. PrivatOS contains a minimum of preinstalled applications. They all provide security correspondence, voice and video calls, searches, and even geodata software updates.
Specifications meet the present and should provide decent performance Blackphone.
Blackphone available for pre-order for $ 629 on the manufacturer's website. smartphone delivery arm is planned in the middle of the year. In the same time frame from a trusted vendor partners will start selling the device through its retail network.
conclusion
The presentation took place of the smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2014. During the exhibition, one of the founders of Blackphone said that this is the most secure mobile communications for the average user on the market. But, at the same time, he did not forget to mention that no hardware and software will not save you from the security services, if you are involved in terrorist or criminal activity.
There is no such thing as 100% secure phone.
Hard not to agree with this opinion. So why do we need Blackphone? Or it does not necessary? Share your opinion in the comments.