Boeing and BlackBerry Making a Self-Destructing Phone

Rambo Tribble writes: It sounds like a Mission: Impossible scenario, but aerospace company Boeing is teaming with Canadian phone maker BlackBerry to produce an ultra-secure mobile phone that "self-destructs." The phone uses encryption on calls and is intended to serve the high-security needs of government and industry. As Blackberry CEO John Chen said, "We're pleased to announce that Boeing is collaborating with BlackBerry to provide a secure mobile solution for Android devices utilizing our BES 12 platform. That, by the way, is all they allow me to say."

No word yet if you'll need the services of the bomb squad when you go over your minutes.

Comments

High Expectations

[TraumaHound]

I expect big things, Blackberry have been world leaders in self destruction for the past eight years.

I've had 5 blacberries

[maliqua]

They've been making self destructing phones for quite some time now.

But the addition of a feature that allows you to control when and why it self destructs will be a huge improvement.

Great Feature - Fro Blackberry

[Phat_Tony]

I've gotten a chance to try out a few friends' work-issued Blackberrys in the smartphone era, and I've got to say, a convenient way to destroy the thing entirely sounds like the most useful feature RIM has added in a long time.

Blackberry

[Anonymous Coward]

And for their next act, the whole company will self-destruct. Now that's security!