The new “Blackphone” smartphone may have made its debut at Mobile World Congress last week, but concerns are already circulating that it will be targeted by hackers and the NSA.
Geeksphone, Silent Circle and Pretty Good Privacy announced the Blackphone at the Barcelona tech show last week, and STMicro later unveiled its own secure smartphone, the Boeing Black.
The Blackphone, however, has garnered more attention, as it's a new secure Android smartphone that's capable of encrypting texts, voice calls, and video calls. The phone asks for a password and PIN upon startup, then walks the user through additional security options. But what's arguably more interesting about the 4.7-inch device, which will start at around $629 when it debuts in June, is that it doesn't come with the usual array of pre-installed Android apps.
