Depends. There are inexpensive/free open source email servers that will run on Linux on low cost computers. BES 10 is free. The cost is in the CALS. $19.95 per device Annual or $99.395 Perpetual. Of course you still need a domain and a static IP.
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Depends. There are inexpensive/free open source email servers that will run on Linux on low cost computers. BES 10 is free. The cost is in the CALS. $19.95 per device Annual or $99.395 Perpetual. Of course you still need a domain and a static IP.
You can always end up in the wrong place in the company of the wrong people, entirely by chance.
If this phone is actually for real and hits the market am I the only one who thinks that BlackBerry need to sue them over the name? It could be argued they would be trading on the perception of BlackBerry's reputation for security and privacy by using a strikingly similar name.
Trademark infringement cases have been won for far less obvious reasons.
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Now add in MVS for voice and a pbx based solution.
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Black isn't exclusive to BlackBerry and has been used for 'spy' movies for some time. Black ops, black on black, etc.
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phone, using GSM network - untraceable? :-]
Yeh, exactly why I think this is BS of the first order. There is nothing secure about calls and texts over GSM.
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Of course the word Black isn't exclusive to BlackBerry but trademark law varies wildly from country to country. Sometimes all you have to prove is that the name used by the defendant was similar enough to your trademark to win your case. A brand of mobile phone with the word Black in the name is ripe for legal action.
If you went to market with a mobile phone called the Apple Phone how long do you think it would be before you were looking at the inside of a court room. ;)
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Samsung's already on the ball here for "Security"
Notice that if General Dynamics provides military equipment to U.S. nation states makes perfect sense they provide secure smartphones as well. I don't a see a BlackBerry on this page.....
MMMMmmm..
GD Protected? Secure Smartphones
KNOX has massive flaws currently. No threat there, yet. There will be, it is a matter of time and resources. This is something that Samsung has both of.
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I disagree. An ordinary citizen should be worried, but not from government snooping. There are stalkers, criminal hackers, and even some unethical apps that can snoop and invade a person's privacy.
The government spying gets most of the news coverage, but they are not they only ones who are snooping on people. The government spying scandal should be a wakeup call to everyone about how it's possible for other people to invade our privacy. The lack of good security in popular technology has made everyone a possible victim to stalkers, hackers, and other terrible people.
I welcome the competition in security that Blackphone will bring because competition is good for the customer. Hopefully this will motivate all phones, not just BlackBerry, to strenghten their security even further.
What I like about the Blackphone is that it seems to try and make security easy for the average person. I can't say for sure since they havent provided much detail, but from what they have said it seems that the phone's security is seamless and always on in the background so it doesn't require too much effort from the customer. That's the way security should work. Anyway, the added competition to making a phone focused on security is a win for consumers because ordinary people should care about security.
Mods please delete this. It's an accidental double post.
This is just another vulture attempting to cannibalize blackberry, who they assume is dead, ridiculous behavior from yet another company a la typo keyboard now Blackphone! really, they couldn't find another name that stresses security without using black? Of course not because Blackberry is the Gold standard of security so stop the gimmick blackphone!
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You wouldn't see a Blackberry there for obvious reasons. The security they are providing are for non secure phones Blackberry already offers the security they are attempting to provide!
An admirable goal however what discredits their claims for me is that they purport to make things that are inherently not secure somehow magically secure, such as calls and texts over GSM and "all apps", yes ALL Android apps, even the ones that are in no way secure and take your data to do with as the vendor sees fit.
Perhaps they are going to run their own app store with only Android apps that don't invade your privacy and hoover up your data, but that would be an app store that would make even the Windows Phone app store look full to brimming.
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Worst. Logic. Ever. Or perhaps just poorly/not at all thought out.
I never said I was going to back up anything, I simply made a statement based on recent events covered in depth on security focused websites and I'm certainly not arguing.
Sith made similar points yet I don't see you attacking him (which is good).
Here is the article that purports "Anything and Everything Can Be Hacked" - http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3748602
I have a curious nature and wish to learn - that is all.
I totally agree with your points here, I hope all manufactures step up their game.
Thanks Sith, this'll make good bedtime reading for me.
It will only be available in the black market maybe? Some restrictions will always be applied when Gov'ts don't have access to some information which was the case in India and Dubai against BBM message encryptions.
Just like Walter White.
I've never asked this of a mod before, but... proof??
Lol
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How do you know they are not behind the development of it.