Wealthy Dial-up Secrecy with Unhackable Phone

Many rich and powerful people around the world are no longer satisfied with regular cell phones. They find phones from companies like Samsung, Apple, or OnePlus insufficient.

That’s because these people carry important contacts and sensitive data in their pockets every day. To meet the security needs of wealthy business tycoons, a new smartphone industry is emerging. The smartphones from this secretive industry are very secure. Buying and using these devices costs millions of dollars.

Why Wealthy Executives, Politicians, and Business Tycoons are Concerned

In recent years, the trend of using the unhackable phone has increased dramatically. That’s because of the increasing number of hacking incidents. In January 2020, the smartphone of the world’s richest man (Jeff Bezos) was allegedly hacked. The reports suggest that it was done by MBS (Mohammad Bin Salman) the Saudi crown prince. Other executives and security experts said that Jeff Bezos could have avoided this hack. They believe he should not have used a standard iPhone.

How Ultra-Smartphones are Made and How Do They Work?

Most companies buy the most popular smartphones and apply modifications to make them more secure. Some companies change the appearance of the smartphone as well in order to make them appear more appealing. However, most of the time the outer look of the modified smartphones is pretty similar. But when it comes to the functionality and internal hardware, the ultra-secure unhackable phones are extensively customised. Not only do they have different hardware components but they also run on an entirely different operating system.

It’s important to note that some companies disable or remove cameras. They do this because their wealthy audience doesn’t need them. The most critical and expensive component of unhackable phones is their software.

Cost of Ultra-Secure Unhackable Smartphones

Besides the initial cost of the latest ultra-secure smartphones, users must also pay a monthly fee. This fee can be thousands of dollars to keep their devices running. Phantom Secure was a very expensive encrypted smartphone company from Canada. It was shut down due to its involvement in crime. The customers of this company used to pay up to 3,000 US dollars per month to keep their devices running.

Unhackable SmartPhone: Examples

There are multiple companies out there offering ultra-secure smartphones for wealthy people. Here are some of the most popular ones.

Silent Circle

Silent Circle is one of the leading companies that offer ultra-secure smartphones. The company unveiled its first product “Blackphone” back in 2015. The company now offers many devices. It claims that its phones have the fastest vulnerability management in the world.

Phil Zimmermann, the co-founder of Silent Circle, explains that their phones boost privacy. The company is also creating cheaper devices for more people to use. Phil Zimmermann created Pretty Good Privacy. This is the most widely used email encryption software in the world.

Sirin Labs Solarin

Solarin offers both security and luxury. These phones are perfect for those who want to show their wealth while staying secure. This company produces some of the most expensive smartphones that can cost up to 20,000 US dollars. Other than that, all the communication that is done on this phone is end-to-end encrypted.

The company claims that its ultra-secure smartphones are equipped with a multi-layer cybersecurity mechanism. Moreover, it also comes with an IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) that works on behavioral-based machine learning algorithms. One unique feature of Solarin phones is the security shield. This shield can turn the advanced security on and off. It automatically starts blocking all non-secure and suspicious incoming texts and phone calls.

Cipher Phones

Cipher is yet another famous company that claims to engineer and offer the most secure smartphones. It’s also one of the less expensive ultra-secure phones and all of them come with 256-bit AES encryption. The company has created an operating system called ciphOS. Each phone comes with both ciphOS and Android.

Cipher phones do not save any chat data to disk. The software changes the VPN/IP every 30 minutes. The best thing about Cipher phones is that there is no central messaging server. It means that users communicate directly through a secure, dedicated line.

Final Words

A regular smartphone with simple iOS and Android is not enough for people having sensitive data on their smartphones. The smartphones sold by the secretive industry have advanced security features. However, they also cost millions of dollars. But that’s not what matters to the audience in this industry. They care that their communication is completely private and secure.

References:

• https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wealthy-dial-up-secrecy-with-unhackable-phone-hb5hfcw7s
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/01/25/million-dollar-unhackable-phones-used-worlds-elite/
• https://www.cipher.tel/
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/22/jeff-bezos-hack-mbs-did-thought-could-get-away/
• https://www.cashify.in/top-5-most-secure-phones-in-the-world-that-cant-be-hacked
• https://www.gadgetreview.com/most-secure-phones
• https://sensorstechforum.com/most-secure-smartphones-2019/
• https://sirinlabs.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfClc8ssOU&ab_channel=UnboxTherapy
• https://www.silentcircle.com/products-and-solutions/silent-phone/

Written by The Original PC Doctor on 02/07/2021.