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The Blackphone may be secure today but it needs regular updates to make sure it stays secure. My biggest concern is ongoing updates for Android. “I’m glad they think they can make money selling privacy,” said ACLU technologist Chris Soghoian speaking at a security conference in San Francisco Thursday. Abroad, Dutch telecommunications company KPN has already committed to buy 500,000 Blackphones to sell exclusively in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, says Janke, generating a couple hundred million dollars in revenue for the new company. But it lacks many of the features and app-specific backup options of its competitors. In the U.S., it'll work with every carrier but Verizon. Bottom Line SpiderOak Groups will keep your data safe and secure with its privacy and security options. The phone operates of 'PrivatOS,' an Android-based operating system. The Blackphone would disrupt that, by, for example, allowing smartphone Web surfers to use a VPN, or virtual private network, for their browsing, which would encrypt their browsing activity so it couldn't be used to reveal information about their interests. Verizon and AT&T, for example, collect information about their customers' Web-browsing and location which they 'aggregate and anonymize' to sell to marketers and others interested.

It also deduplicates all common data across all your devices which can be useful. The importance of encrypted chatting is top of mind today for anyone who's seen the Guardian's story about a British spy agency intercepting Yahoo video chats, including intimate images of otherwise innocent sexy-time chatters. SpiderOak is a blind (zero knowledge) encrypted cloud backup and file sharing service only you have access to the encryption keys and it’s encrypted at rest and in transit so SpiderOak itself cannot access your data. The cost includes three years of encrypted calling and messaging (along with one year of Silent Circle for three privacy-loving family members and friends) and 5 GB of encrypted storage - both services that usually come with monthly fees from Silent Circle and SpiderOak, respectively. Blackphone comes out of a partnership between Washington, D.C.-based Silent Circle and Spanish smartphone company GeeksPhone. Jeans-wearing executives from Silent Circle, Disconnect, and Spideroak met up with reporters at a hotel suite near the RSA Conference this week to show the phone off.

Those who want easy smartphone privacy will need to be willing to slap down $629 for it, the price tag on the phone that’s expected to be released in April. Called Blackphone, it has encrypted messaging from Silent Circle, encrypted data storage from SpiderOak, anti-tracking services from Disconnect, and anti-WiFi sniffing from Kizmet (to prevent your phone being used by retailers to track your movements). But it lacks many of the features and app-specific.

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Turn off the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your smartphone… Those who want privacy but don’t want to run through that checklist regularly are the target buyers for a new smartphone that will come with these types of privacy and security features built in. By Daniel Brame Updated The Bottom Line SpiderOak Groups will keep your data safe and secure with its privacy and security options. There are lots of lists out there of things you should do to protect your privacy: Use an ad blocker.

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