NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Blackphone, a special Android device specifically designed to guard your privacy from hackers and government spies, was such a success that there’s now a Blackphone 2.
The phone maker Silent Circle released its second-generation smartphone on Monday (September 28). It sells for $799.
On the outside, it seems to be a top-of-the-line smartphone like any other. There’s a 5.5-inch screen, two cameras (13 megapixel in the back, 5 MP in the front), 32 gigabytes of internal memory, and a powerful Qualcomm processor.
But the guts are the magic. It has built-in privacy features that go far beyond devices made by Apple, Microsoft or Samsung.
If privacy matters to you more than anything else, this is probably the phone for you.
The major selling point? The phone’s “security center,” where users can select — down to minute details — exactly what information the phone can share with each app.
Apps — whether they are maps, games or social media — are notorious for recording highly personal data and quietly sharing it with advertisers and other firms.
Android devices and iPhones let you control some “permissions,” like stopping an app from tracking your location. But Blackphone lets you see every single thing an app collects, including sound picked up from your microphone.
You might be surprised at what you find.
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