[Jason McVetta]

I presume an actually-secure phone would be highly illegal for a civilian
commoner to possess.
On Feb 20, 2016 5:38 AM, "Cari Machet" <carimachet at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://encrypted-phone-review.com/silent-circle/is-silent-circle-us-govt-approved/
>
> Is Silent Circle “US Govt Approved”?
>
> Encrypted Blackphone goes to war with snoopers
>
> Sunday Jan 19, 2014  |  Rob Lever for Agence France Presse
> "The larger firms, said Janke, 'want to own your soul. These companies are
> in the business of monetizing data'."
>
> [snip]
>
> “We know that encryption works,” he said, adding that “brute force”
> attacks to break encryption are rare because they are time-consuming, and
> that spy agencies generally use other means like inserting viruses in
> emails or hardware that can intercept messages.
>
> Because of this, Janke is careful not to promise too much. He said
> Blackphone is not a “hardened” device like some designed for military use.
>
> “There is no such thing as a completely secure phone,” he said. “Nothing
> is going to protect you from your own behavior. But out of the box, this
> phone does a lot of things to protect your privacy.”
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 2:10 PM, John Young <jya at pipeline.com> wrote:
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>> If Apple can hack its own security then the products are backdoors.
>>
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