Blackphone: Privacy First Android smart phone

Geeksphone has launched its latest privacy focused smartphone, the Blackphone, at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. which is a joint venture between the Spanish company Geeksphone and U.S. encryption firm Silent Circle.

Blackphone

 

Blackphone: Privacy First Android smart phone 


The Blackphone looks like a fairly standard Android phone. It has a 4.7-inch HD (the exact resolution has yet to be announced) IPS display, a 2GHz quad-core processor, 16GB of storage. It features an 8MP camera with an LED flash. The phone will feature LTE and HSPA+ support, Wi-Fi (802.11n) and Bluetooth 4.0.— pretty much everything you'd want in a smartphone, and very little you wouldn't. Produced by Silent Circle, a company with an existing portfolio of security- and encryption-related software.
Not all communication needs to be secure. Mike Janke, CEO and co-founder of the company, suggests there are certain calls you'll want to encrypt, but "if you're ordering a pizza or calling your grandma," it's unlikely you'll feel the weight of the NSA on your shoulders. "This is why Blackphone is so unique — it gives the user the chance to choose the level of privacy."

Blackphone will run on a custom built Android OS called PrivatOS. The operating system essentially “closes all backdoors” which are usually found open on major mobile operating systems. Some major features of PrivatOS are anonymous search, privacy-enabled bundled apps, smart disabling of Wi-Fi except trusted hotspots, more control in app permissions, private communication (calling, texting, video chat, browsing, file sharing and conference calls). Geeksphone also claims the phone will receive frequent secure updates from Blackphone directly.

The smartphone will feature bundled apps from Silent Circle like Silent Phone, Silent Text and Silent Contacts. Some in-built apps on the phone are Blackphone Security Center, Blackphone Activation Wizard and Blackphone Remote Wipe. The third party apps featured on the phone are Disconnect Secure Wireless, SpiderOak Blackphone Edition and Kismet Smart Wi-Fi manager.

The phone is now available for pre-order for $629 and the first smartphones are expected to ship in April.



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