The company’s specialists DarkMatter has created a smartphone that is able to power off the microphone and camera during the conduct of important negotiations. Another smartphone Katim encrypts phone calls and messages.
The “Shield” is activated on the handset using a special button displayed on the hull. Chapter DarkMatter Fisal al-Bannai explained that no intelligence Agency will not be able to access the smartphone and remotely turn on a camera or microphone because button physically disconnects their food.
Works tube the KatimOS based on Android. DarkMatter reports that the smartphone is protected the bootloader yet Katim has the protection of the fingerprint, it is able to ensure the safety of the data thanks to the separate protected storage of keys. The key management system is also protected against break-ins. In Katim modes are Shield Mode and Locked Mode, which disables operation of recording devices, and control data transferred via USB.
Now before closed negotiations it is customary to ask people to leave their smartphones at the entrance because of possible surveillance of one of their members, so we decided to develop a simple and reliable way to protect owners from espionage.
The smartphone is not yet made in a single copy, and the developers refuse to talk about the future plans for the promotion of the device. Price and other information reported on negotiations with the owner of Katim, also not disclosed.
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Smartphone Katim will protect the wearer from surveillance
Vyacheslav Larionov