Thoughts after a Month with Blackphone (2014)

http://www.droidsec.org/news/2014/09/30/thoughts-after-a-month-with-blackphone.html

by iamjeff • 10 years ago

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kseistrup• 10 years ago

See also PHK's Blackphone reviews (December 2015):

· https://www.version2.dk/blog/blackphone2-review-1-508188

· https://www.version2.dk/blog/blackphone2-review-2-545078

rinon• 10 years ago

This should get labelled 2014. Interesting nonetheless.

pikachu_is_cool7• 10 years ago

I think Blackphone is taking a fundamentally wrong approach to security. If it is a #1 concern, then it shouldn't be a phone at all. It should be more of an iPod Touch type device. It's pretty disingenuous to promise security when you don't even know how the baseband works.

jasonkostempski2• 10 years ago

I've actually been wondering, why isn't there a iPod touch style Android device? I'd much rather have something like that and have a standalone wireless hotspot for the rare case I'm off wifi.

pikachu_is_cool7• 10 years ago

I've been wondering that myself. Maybe there just isn't a big enough market for it? Or maybe the licensing for it doesn't allow for non-tablets and non-phones.

dragonwriter4• 10 years ago

I've actually been wondering, why isn't there a iPod touch style Android device?

You mean a WiFi-only tablet with a ~4" screen size? There have been a number of them over the years, but I don't think demand has been there to keep many people making them.

Of course, go up a little bit in size and there are plenty.

pnutjam• 10 years ago

I have a Samsung Galaxy 3.6", which is an iPod touch style android device. Samsung made several different sizes, but I believe they have all been discontinued.

erikpukinskis• 10 years ago

Why? You can just buy an unlocked phone and not put a SIM card in, right? A Moto E is $40 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XQVDW6Y

jasonkostempski2• 10 years ago

First step is to obtain root? I understand choosing not to use root for day-to-day activity but how in the world can a device be considered secure if the user is not allowed full control of the OS when they want it?

Edit: Oh, it's also not open source. This device is pointless.

Vexs• 10 years ago

Seems to me copperheadOS seems to be better on all fronts compared to blackphone- open, more functions, and some of it's fixes have been accepted into ASOP.

Thoughts after a Month with Blackphone (2014)

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