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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Boeing’s Ultra-Secure, Self-Destructing Smartphone

Boeing unveiled its new, ultra-secure “Boeing Black ” smartphone on Wednesday, saying it plans to sell the modular device to government agencies and companies engaged in contractual activities with those agencies related to defense and homeland security. “The U.S. defense and security communities demand trusted access to data to accomplish their missions. Despite the continuous innovation in commercial mobile technology, current devices are not designed from inception with the security and flexibility needed to match their evolving...

Boeing builds self-destructing Android phone to shield top secret info

US aerospace firm Boeing has made a secure smartphone that will destroy its data and render itself inoperable if tampered with. The phone has been designed with the needs of the "US defense and security communities" in mind, and attempts to satisfy security requirements not met by current devices, according to Boeing . The phone is what Boeing terms a "sealed device", due to the physical and digital countermeasures designed to...