The Tor Phone prototype: a truly private smartphone?

The Tor Project has long offered high-security alternatives for folk who are especially concerned about their privacy. But as the world goes mobile, and is increasingly accessed through smartphones, users become vulnerable to a whole new set of compromises.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/29/the-tor-phone-prototype-a-truly-private-smartphone/


Comments


[23 Points] ForLol_Serious:

am I the only one who thinks all these devices made for "privacy" are leo honeypots?


[8 Points] samwhiskey:

I just want a phone that I can use to talk to you guys without compromising opsec.


[4 Points] wombat2combat:

as stated in the official Tor blog post here: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-improbable-hardening-android-security-and-privacy there is much to do till it can be used by the masses without any major issues [be it missing features, bug ridden UI or bugs endangering the anonymity of the user].

but please do not use a phone for dnms ever. a proper tails installation is always a better solution.


[5 Points] None:

If you got stopped by Police with this phone, they would probably think you're a terrorist rather than a regular dude who likes to buy his coke and weed on the move.


[2 Points] asdfrewq15:

Yeah fuck to the no


[2 Points] GabeNoMore:

No device is safe from 0 day...


[2 Points] MLP_is_my_OPSEC:

While this is a great project, and I applaud the people behind Copperhead OS and the Tor Phone, I'm still hesitant to trust any mobile device with closed firmware blobs.


[1 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

10/10 Still wouldn't trust. Just because the software isn't spying on you doesn't mean the hardware itself isn't.


[1 Points] captaincorruption42:

I think one of the biggest threats to device security is non-transparency. If somebody can't look at every single line of code that runs a device (or reverse engineer it with a degree of certainty), firmware and all, and tell me what it does, then there will always be a layer of doubt. What if the OS isn't open-source? Do you really wanna take the devs word for it? In a world where tech manufacturers could be held at gunpoint behind the scenes by LE and you'd never know the difference?