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The silliness of the Unplugged Phone was previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32264372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32264372
by Veserv 4y ago
The silliness of the Unplugged Phone was previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32264372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32264372
To echo my comment on that thread, on their website: https://www.unplugged.com/upphone https://www.unplugged.com/upphone
The security report linked to at the bottom of their home page: https://www.unplugged.com/_files/ugd/d9d118_17133aa11fa944cd8fbedf30496ad78e.pdf https://www.unplugged.com/_files/ugd/d9d118_17133aa11fa944cd...
1. They are selling a "secure" phone, but their only advertised "security audit" is only for their mobile apps.
2. They are testing their mobile apps against a web app standard, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10.
3. On the OWASP website: https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/ https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/ It is only advertised as being the "first step toward changing the software development culture within your organization into one that produces more secure code." Conformance does not mean you have achieved security, it means you have just started.
It is frankly hilarious that anybody would believe even a single word of what they claim with respect to security when they are proud of achieving certification to the lowest levels of security in the wrong field.