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I'll be honest, my knee-jerk reaction was "BlackBerry is still in business?". Anyone on HN own one or know of someone who does? I can't recall the last time I walked into a store who actually carried BB products on their shelves.
It may be quantum-resistant, but it won't be law enforcement-resistant , knowing BlackBerry's track record and public statements on the issue.
If you don't mind me asking, what track record is that? A quick googling only revealed them giving access to their consumer messaging service.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you don't mind me asking, what track record is that? A quick googling only revealed them giving access to their consumer messaging service.
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Saudi-Arabia-Lebanon...
I'll be honest, my knee-jerk reaction was "BlackBerry is still in business?". Anyone on HN own one or know of someone who does? I can't recall the last time I walked into a store who actually carried BB products on their shelves.
The camera on my KeyOne is superior to anything I've tried before, I'd even go as far as saying that it's up there and competing with the giants. The Sony Z2 Compact camera is a potato in comparison. The keyboard feels a bit cheap and some keys make a squeeking noise, but it's still better than touchscreen typing by far. I've dropped the phone on a number of occassions, it hasn't broken once. The backside tend to pop out, but it's easy to put it back in place again. My biggest complain about the hardware would be the screen, as I haven't access to any protective accessories my screen is pretty scratched by now. It doesn't affect what's displayed on the screen (yet) however, but yeah, I think it scratch too easily. Like I said, the OS is Android, and it's been fairly problem free for being Android. However, lately it has been a bit too agressive in shutting down apps in the background. But I don't know if that is BB's own build's fault or Android in general. There are some pre-installed "security" apps which gives the feeling of the phone being more secure than your other average Android phone. I don't use them though.
My over all impression of the KeyOne is 8 out of 10 I'd say, and I think I'll keep it until it literally fall apart.
That is extremely unhelpful, Tech Crunch.
Let's take a look at what Isara is researching.
https://www.isara.com/research-publications/
https://www.isara.com/qc-mdpc-kem/
Okay, so the article is specifically talking about digital signatures, so they're almost certainly implementing qTESLA (or a Blackberry-specific variant thereof), which is a lattice-based signature algorithm.
https://qtesla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/qTESLA_v2.2_08...
https://github.com/qtesla/qTesla
If this does turn out that they're implementing qTESLA (which is committed to the public domain), the headline "races ahead of security surve" will prove to be needlessly sensationalist.
I'll be honest, my knee-jerk reaction was "BlackBerry is still in business?". Anyone on HN own one or know of someone who does? I can't recall the last time I walked into a store who actually carried BB products on their shelves.
I own a KeyOne, released last year with Android instead of BB's own OS. I love it, only downside is that I had to import it as it isn't available in my country ... I'd mainly used Samsung flagship phones before and got really tired of all the bloatware as well as typing on a touchscreen. (Can't believe more people are questioning touchscreen typing on phones, I think it's horrible and I don't have the largest set of…
Really, I didn't even care that it was Blackberry, I've been getting so tired of the software keyboards that I couldn't even consider the others once I saw it. And for me, it was definitely worth it. Now I can actually touch-type again without having to pause between words to check I didn't mis-type anything - I can feel it, just like missing a key on a regular keyboard.
I'll be honest, my knee-jerk reaction was "BlackBerry is still in business?". Anyone on HN own one or know of someone who does? I can't recall the last time I walked into a store who actually carried BB products on their shelves.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2018/10/01/bl...
My point being, what reason do we have to believe these are safe cryptosystems.
I'll be honest, my knee-jerk reaction was "BlackBerry is still in business?". Anyone on HN own one or know of someone who does? I can't recall the last time I walked into a store who actually carried BB products on their shelves.
I own a KeyOne, released last year with Android instead of BB's own OS. I love it, only downside is that I had to import it as it isn't available in my country ... I'd mainly used Samsung flagship phones before and got really tired of all the bloatware as well as typing on a touchscreen. (Can't believe more people are questioning touchscreen typing on phones, I think it's horrible and I don't have the largest set of…