Buying privacy-focused devices and services is a leap of faith
Sep28
Today, Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 went on sale in North America. It’s the second-generation device to come from the company with the promise of enhanced privacy. BlackBerry’s upcoming Android handset will sing a similar tune – it’s Android, but safer. And as consumers, we have little choice but to accept these assertions. BlackBerry, Silent Circle, even budget UK smartphone brand Wileyfox claims to be ‘privacy-aware.’ In the wake of mass spying, ‘privacy’ is now a tool of marketing, as well as an essential service for anyone who takes their digital presence seriously. So we’re told. But in the case of the Blackphone, for example,…
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