Blackphone, the privacy-centric smartphone

A group of cryptography, security, and mobile experts have come together to build a smartphone that focuses on protecting the digital privacy of its users, the Blackphone.

The Blackphone is a collaborative project between Silent Circle and Geeksphone. Together they pooled their resources to build a smartphone that puts a user’s privacy and control ahead of everything else, including advertising.

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The Blackphone is unlocked and will work with any GSM carrier. It is configured, setup, and modified for security both in software and hardware levels. Exact specs haven’t been disclosed yet but it claims to have performance benchmarks that “put it among the top performers from any manufacturer.”

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Running the sofware side of the Blackphone is PrivatOS – a modified version of Android OS with added layers of security and tools that lets users take control of his / her mobile presence and digital footprints.

You can make and receive secure phone calls; exchange secure texts; exchange and store secure files; have secure video chat; browse privately; and anonymize your activity through a VPN.

Pricing is also yet to be disclosed but users can start pre-ordering on February 24, 2014 at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

https://www.yugatech.com

25 Comments

Paul says:

11 years ago

I’m going to purchase one! :)
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asas says:

11 years ago

Huawei will be the manufacturer.
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wew says:

11 years ago

Android phone with better security than blackberry phone =) FTW
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Uly Maniago says:

11 years ago

Is there a white version of this? The White Blackphone? :)
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benchmark says:

11 years ago

hehe private nga yung phone, pero yung FB,tweeter, instagram, todo advertise ang sarili kung anung ginagawa at asan sya. Well minsan asa atin din naman yung “privacy” na tinatawag.

But then again, its a great OS din naman kung all out secured ang info mo at communications from other.

As for the phone, yung backing nya parang Kevlar like the Motorola Phone dati.
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pytz says:

11 years ago

Hanep..
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anobato says:

11 years ago

At first glance i thought it was a CM Omega HD2.0. LOL
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kdpp says:

11 years ago

anshunga naman ng iba. anung kinalaman ng blackberry dito
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backboor says:

11 years ago

BUMANAT NANAMAN KAYO SA MGA KWENTA NYONG OPINYON MGA PUTANG INA NINYO!
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fidel oliva says:

11 years ago

if you have so many secret deals, this is the phone for you, me , I’ve got nothing to hide, I will stick to my old trusty phone.
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