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I'm saying it doesn't matter if they avoid a brand if the alternative is that they will buy a knock-off. Neither option represents any value to the actual manuf
by brainfire 10y ago
I'm saying it doesn't matter if they avoid a brand if the alternative is that they will buy a knock-off. Neither option represents any value to the actual manufacturer- avoiding negative PR from people with knock-offs might actually be preferable.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoWell, I've never owned a Blackphone and after reading this article, I certainly never will.
- EdHominem 10y agoThis isn't a gameboy. If you want toy security I can sell you a phone painted black. But if you want to stay alive when the Syrian police are hunting your people you might want to rethink that. I know people click through warnings. If that warning could keep them alive, as a dev I'd better do something that'll get their attention. Also, if they only softly bricked these phones the counterfeiters would just click-through the warnings and sell the phones that way. They have to essentially burn them, for the safety of people who need to be their customers.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoNo, I'd just want an unbricked, functional, phone. The point is if you buy a $100 phone from wherever and it works, then it suddenly gets bricked due to some company pushing an update, that company is being a dick.
- EdHominem 10y agoNot if they're saving you from being shot. One of the features of a secure-phone is failing secure. If you want a regular phone running whatsapp, use that.
- tokenizerrr 10y agoIt literally is a regular phone with some goodies. Disable the goodies, maybe.
- EdHominem 10y agoNo, critically it comes with an off switch for when you find it's been compromised. If you didn't want that, there were cheaper phones - even counterfeit.