Running a forked version of Android, called PrivatOS, the Blackphone
might be one of the best surprises at this year's MWC edition. Let's
put aside the specs first, as these are not what's interesting here -
it's still a capable phone, with a 4.7″ IPS display, 2 GHz quad-core
processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal memory, and an 8 MP rear
camera.
The whole point of its existence, however, is to ensure your
communication with the world through your smartphone stays private and
secure, in a day and age where the NSA goes as far as hooking to underseas cables,
in order to snoop for potential threats. The Blackphone doesn't beam
your identity and whereabouts, while at the same time protecting your
files and personal communication via a set of apps, designed with
privacy in mind.
Silent Circle seems to be the star here, as it offers secure
peer-to-peer bridges for voice and video, messaging and files, with an
end-to-end encryption. It doesn't log anything, and can't be scooped up
during NSA's generic data sweeps, for instance. Check out the demo that
the folks from the Blackphone project were kind enough to do for us at
the MWC expo.
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