The phone designed to protect your information had a big hole

02 Feb 2015 • engadget.com

Folks buy the highly secure Blackphone handset for the warm and fuzzy feeling that nobody can see their stuff, but that trust was misplaced until recently, according to security expert Mark Dowd. He found a vulnerability in the text message application of the phone that let attackers steal messages, contacts and location info, and even execute malicious code to gain full control.

Well, at least they had the warm fuzzy feeling - that’s something right?