Blackphone

#1

Post by jorrizza » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 9:55 AM UTC

Re: Blackphone

#2

Post by linux_devil » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:21 AM UTC

One should be concerned about privacy and digital footprints , but more or less it depends on how many people are looking forward to adapt this concept. People still use Gmail and facebook .

Re: Blackphone

#3

Post by joncp » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:22 AM UTC

Secure? They're rewriting the baseband, then? Color me skeptical.

Re: Blackphone

#4

Post by hekker » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:22 AM UTC

It would be nice to order Chinese food anonymously with this phone. Looking forward to the release!

Re: Blackphone

#5

Post by epaga » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:26 AM UTC

No mention of the thing being completely open sourced - or did I overlook something? If not, seems like something they should mention (I am assuming it IS open source?)...

Re: Blackphone

#6

Post by huhtenberg » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:29 AM UTC

For a project concerned with privacy and anonymity the news subscription form is asking way too much.

Also, why is domain on .ch ?

Re: Blackphone

#7

Post by TeMPOraL » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:31 AM UTC

joncp wrote: post #3

Secure? They're rewriting the baseband, then? Color me skeptical.

+1, the phone won't really be private if they won't deploy a new baseband chip that allows for this privacy (and is open-source, so that we could check it).

Re: Blackphone

#8

Post by c1sc0 » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:33 AM UTC

How does this protect me from my carrier? No matter which phone I use they still need to record who I call for "billing purposes" and know which cell is closest to route my calls.

Re: Blackphone

#9

Post by r0h1n » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:33 AM UTC

>> "Enabling revolutionary communications"?

Eh? Wouldn't "Enabling secure/private communications" be a better, albeit less grand, descriptor?

Re: Blackphone

#10

Post by troels » Wed, Jan 15, 2014, 10:34 AM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #6

For a project concerned with privacy and anonymity the news subscription form is asking way too much. Also, why is domain on .ch ?

I believe the company is Swiss.