They should be able to do blackphone to blackphone secure voice and
   text reasonable well.

   Other android apps and phone location tracking, not so much.

   -Lance

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   Lance Cottrell
   [1]loki@obscura.com
   On Jan 17, 2014, at 1:41 AM, Sam Gordon <[2]segordon@gmx.com> wrote:

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     The only almost-safe portable phone I can imagine is a purely VoIP
     phone, and that comes with a ton of caveats and precautions. It's a
     very difficult problem.
     That whole corporate-locked-in-baseband thing seems to throw a
     curveball at any ideas I can think of when trying to execute a
     secure
     cellular device.
     I am, however, excited to see Zimmermann involved.
     Sam
     On Fri 17 Jan 2014 01:25:50 AM PST, Jim Bell wrote:

     [3]http://www.yahoo.com/tech/startup-launching-a-super-secure-nsa-pr
     oof-73511096050.html
     Fears over NSA spying have prompted people around the world to think
     about security differently, whether it be petitioning for companies
     to
     better secure their data or changing the information they share
     online.
     In particular, security around smartphones has been of great
     concern, as people increasingly surf the Web, make calls and send
     messages from
     their mobile devices.
     An international group of privacy enthusiasts has come together to
     create Blackphone, a smartphone that claims it will help to better
     protect your information.
     Mashable writes that Blackphone is the brainchild of Silent Circle
     and Geekosphere,
     with participation from big players in the fight for information
     privacy and computer security. Phil Zimmermann, creator of data
     encryption
     protocol PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), is one of the minds behind the
     device.
     “Blackphone provides users with everything they need to ensure
     privacy and control of their communications, along with all the
     other
     high-end smartphone features they have come to expect,” Zimmerman
     said,
     according to Mashable.
     [ Right Click: Kiwi lifestyle tracker to free people from their
     smartphones ]
     The operating system is a custom build of Android OS called
     PrivatOS, designed for improved security. Silent Circle’s CEO Mike
     Janke says the project will be open source, as will the PrivatOS
     operating system. The phone likely won’t have the most outstanding
     specs, but the team says
     that’s because privacy is the top concern.
     No specific details have been given about the phone yet (although
     some of the code has been posted to GitHub). The companies say
     they’ll
     be unveiling it properly at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
     beginning Feb. 24.
     Even with very little information about the device currently
     available, some media outlets are suggesting that the phone could be
     “NSA-proof.” That’s a tall order, especially in light of a story
     from The New York Times claiming that the NSA has implanted software
     in nearly 100,000 computers to create backdoor radio access.
     For more information on Blackphone, visit its website at
     https://www.blackphone.ch.

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References

   1. mailto:loki@obscura.com
   2. mailto:segordon@gmx.com
   3. http://www.yahoo.com/tech/startup-launching-a-super-secure-nsa-proof-73511096050.html
   4. http://about.me/sam.gordon