Silent Circle and Geeksphone introduce Blackphone, promise to place privacy and control directly in users' hands

Silent Circle, a global encrypted communications service from Washington D.C., and Geeksphone, a Spanish company that recently released the Revolution dual-OS smartphone, announced Blackphone – a smartphone that promises to “place privacy and control directly in the hands of its users”.

The Blackphone is a carrier and vendor-independent smartphone that gives individuals and organizations the ability to make and receive secure phone calls, exchange secure texts, transfer and store files, and video chat without compromising user privacy on the device. Blackphone is powered by a security-oriented ...