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A little over nine months have passed since the joint venture between privacy specialistsĀ Silent Circle and the team which brought people theĀ first Firefox OS... Blackphone Making A Secure Tablet

A little over nine months have passed since the joint venture between privacy specialistsĀ Silent Circle and the team which brought people theĀ first Firefox OS hardware;Ā Geeksphone,Ā teamed up to announce to the world the ultra secure mobile phone, Blackphone.

TheĀ Blackphone is apparently theĀ most secure phone on the market today. I say apparently because it didnā€™t take too long at all to successfully gain root access without unlocking the bootloader. TheĀ @TeamAndIRCĀ at the Black Hat Security Conference were the proud team to perform the hack.

Blackphone

SGP Technologies is going to launch a high-end tablet running the secure PrivatOS. The company is aware that getting the distribution correct is essential, but it is still likely to be somewhat expensive considering the strong security involved.

Chief technology officer of Silent Circle, Jon Callas, has confirmed the tabletā€™s existence and explained that it will ā€œhave the features people who use it every day will demand from it.ā€

The securityĀ featuresĀ for some people is a massive issue, but you are going to want a few applications on your nice new shiny Blackphone tablet, arenā€™t you? The Blackphone does not have Google Play; the only ways to get apps are through another provider, so how is this issue going to be addressed? Who knows?

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SOURCE: http://www.talkandroid.com/222736-makers-of-the-secure-blackphone-are-launching-a-tablet/