Dear Privacy Enthusiasts, Many of you have asked our thoughts about the recent news of the GHCQ/NSA hack on Gemalto, the major supplier of SIM cards to major carriers around the world. It's a big deal because this was a state-sponsored attack on a Dutch...
In an effort to increase our product security and reward talented security researchers, Blackphone and Silent Circle launched the Bug Bounty program on September 23rd, 2014. We are very pleased with the level of participation from the research community...
In 1991, at the start of the Crypto Wars, the idea of digital privacy was radical. Today it's required to do business. Without an expectation our data is secure, online banking cannot work and doctors cannot store medical records electronically. But I'm...
How often have you given away your private information? If you go to a restaurant and pay the bill with a credit card, does the card ever leave your sight? If you call a taxi to pick you up at home, what happens with your name and address? If you order...
We believe that being open and responsive to critiques from the security community is a hallmark of a responsible company. That’s why we implemented our bug bounty program, where we encourage researchers to submit information about potential...
Earlier this week we announced the release of PrivatOS 1.0.5b. This release contains significant security updates, which include disabling SSLv3 to protect against POODLE attacks and giving users the option to use different device screen unlock and device...
This may seem like something we can all agree on. But technology has made this an ideal that is increasingly hard to obtain. And it slips further away from us with each second. We don’t have a moment to lose. That’s why Silent Circle and Geeksphone...
My first official blog post as CSO for Silent Circle and the topic is one that is very exciting – today we officially launch our bug bounty program! We have been providing secure and private communications across Apple iOS smartdevices, Google Android...
Today we moved another step towards building a strong relationship with the security researcher community by announcing our bug bounty program. The bug bounty program also serves to provide transparency with industry so that everyone knows precisely how...