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Mon, Mar 15th 2021 10:59am
Tim Cushing
The DOJ has indicted another company for supposedly making it easier for criminals to elude law enforcement. The true target, though, isn t the company whose principals have been indicted, but encryption itself.
A couple of years ago the DOJ decided to bring RICO charges against Phantom Secure, a cellphone provider that catered to the criminal element with uncrackable phones/messaging services built on existing Blackberry hardware/software.
The FBI approached Phantom Secure, asking for an encryption backdoor that would allow it to snoop on its customers. Phantom Secure declined the FBI s advances. Its phones originally marketed to professionals desirous of additional security were soon marketed to criminals, a market sector that truly valued the security options offered by Phantom.
Best Secure Phones 2020: What are you willing to give up for your privacy?
We’re finally closing towards the end of the year, this means that it’s time for us to create yet another compilation. While the year 2020 has been a crazy ride thus far, tech companies somehow managed to keep up with it. We’ve seen the companies following numerous trends such as increasing screen size, quad-camera modules, high refresh rate panels, foldable devices, and whatnot. While smartphone makers are pushing themselves every year to churn out something new, privacy still remains a major concern among buyers.
Google with other smartphone companies tries to push monthly security patches as soon as possible. Well, it’s not enough as their services still end up collecting the data for personalization. If you’re a privacy-enthusiast and believe this is the end of the road, then this compilation is definitely curated for you. Today, we’re going to take a look at the