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BlackPhone, In Wake of Gemalto Fallout, Receives $50 Million In Funding

Posted by timothy on from the small-steps dept.

An anonymous reader writes The BlackPhone, a $600-plus encrypted Android handset designed to keep the prying eyes of criminals and the government out of mobile communications, is now fully owned by Silent Circle thanks to the company raking in investment cash. Terms of the buyout deal with Spanish smartphone maker Geeksphone, the phone's hardware manufacturer, were not disclosed. Silent Circle said Thursday that it has raised $50 million and plans on showing off an encrypted 'enterprise privacy ecosystem' at World Mobile Congress next week. A BlackPhone tablet is on the way, too.

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  1. NSA involvement ? by Alain+Williams · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have to ask: is there secret NSA involvement in this ? An inside man who will put a couple of back-doors in the 'phone.

    I have absolutely no knowledge that this is the case, but the NSA certainly has the resources & motivation to do so. It seems to have done this sort of thing in the past.

  2. I bought the fully encrypted phone by invictusvoyd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and then installed this funny app which makes fart sounds . It asked for pemissions to my storage ,camera , mic , browser and girlfriend .

  3. Re: Great, fully owned by Silent Circle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A company whose headquarters are in Geneva and complying with any secret order would violate Swiss constitution and make executives personally liable with guaranteed jail time.