Privacy; BB PRIV v Blackphone 2 v other
Guys, I like many of you am extremely disappointed that BlackBerry 10 is slowly dying with no further development and just a few security patches planned over the coming months. On the face of it BlackBerry is going Android and that's their last throw of the dice for hardware. I hope I'm wrong but everything is pointing to this assumption.
So, for me, productivity is paramount which is why bb10 is/was perfect for me. Closely followed by privacy/security. How secure bb10 is in reality over any other smart phone has been discussed endless times on this forum. But for now the perception is that BlackBerry provides a higher level of security over other smartphones /OS's.
I understand that the PRIV will have some bb10 productivity tools, even if it's only the hub. But what I'm trying to understand is how secure will it really be. I don't want Google and Co knowing what I'm browsing, who I'm emailing and txting etc etc. I'm taking security even more seriously now as I believe it will become a necessity moving forward. With that in mind I've been doing some research on the Blackphone 2 and the recently released ARCHOSE granite phone. Interestingly, the Blackphone 2 seems quite a robust device but as we haven't been given any real details on the security aspect of the PRIV it's hard to make any comparisons.
The way I see it, if BB10 isn't coming out on the PRIV then I want to consider all other os's but need productivity AND security. Does such phone exist or am I asking too much here? Do we have to accept that the genie is out the bottle, Google will always know what we are doing cuz otherwise our apps won't work etc etc. Would love to know what fellow crackberry fans think. Appreciate that our requirements are all slightly different but surely we all want our personal business to remain personal!
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