Turing Robotics has revealed what they are calling the most secure smartphone ever.
It’s an incredibly bold statement for any smartphone manufacturer to make but Turning Robotics believe that they may have finally cracked it.
The company has released the Turing Phone, the most technologically insane smartphone yet. A 5.5 inch device running an entirely customised version of Android 5.1, it has some of the most cutting edge technology currently available. Nano-coated internal hardware for full waterproofing, a full liquidmorphium body and dedicated privacy keys.
It’s biggest party trick is something even better – it completely eliminates the need for third-party encryption software Typically, an authentication server will be accessed by the device to provide it with encryption keys during secure data transfer. This is a mostly safe method due to the complexity of modern key algorithms, with most taking hundreds of years to break a key using a brute-force attack method.
However if somebody else gained access to that key, lets say the government have a backdoor agreement with the company, they’d have a direct line straight into your personal data connection. The Turing Phone pretty much puts an end to this by providing each of its devices with a unique public key and private key, cutting out the need for a third party authentication key. It’s not too dissimilar to the way in which WhatsApp and other personal messaging apps operate. However, by assigning unique keys to the entire device, you’re essentially padlocking the entire thing.
The only catch is that you must be both using Turing phones for it to work. If you’re exchanging data with a friend who is using a less secure method of key exchange, it completely defeats the object.
The Turing Phone will be available for preorder in the United States beginning July 31. The 16-gigabyte version will cost $610, while a much larger 128GB model will cost a pretty hefty $870.
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