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posted by LaminatorX on Friday February 28 2014, @12:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the This-phone-will-self-destruct-in-five-seconds dept.

Papas Fritas writes:

"Reuters reports that Boeing has unveiled a smartphone that deletes all data and renders the device inoperable if there is any attempt to open its casing. 'The Boeing Black phone is manufactured as a sealed device both with epoxy around the casing and with screws, the heads of which are covered with tamper proof covering to identify attempted disassembly,' says a letter included in the FCC filing. 'Any attempt to break open the casing of the device would trigger functions that would delete the data and software contained within the device and make the device inoperable.' Boeing's Black phone will be sold primarily to government agencies and companies engaged in contractual activities with those agencies that are related to defense and homeland security. The device will be marketed and sold in a manner such that low level technical and operational information about the product will not be provided to the general public. 'We saw a need for our customers in a certain market space.' says Boeing spokeswoman Rebecca Yeamans."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday February 28 2014, @06:44PM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday February 28 2014, @06:44PM (#8678) Journal

    Right, both ends have to use this phone for voice encryption.

    I suspect the data encryption would be exactly like any other phone, using HTTPS, and SSL, etc.

    The only data that would be encrypted by this phone's special functions would be data transmissions direct from one of these phones to another of these phones, OR from one of these phones to a VPN, but that is sort of undefined by any of the writeups I can find.

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