Boeing is set to debut a new secure phone for government agencies and defense contractors that will self-destruct if it’s tampered with, according to CNN.
It won’t actually explode in a cloud of smoke, but the phone will erase all of the data and software to make the phone unusable. Fittingly, it will be called “Boeing Black” — or maybe it should be said “Black…Boeing Black.”
The phone isn’t geared toward consumers, but instead government agencies and defense contractors. It will use Google’s Android operating system, CNN reports.
I like the idea behind the phone, but it leaves me with more questions than answers: If you find your phone, can it be restored? (Basically, when I realize the phone is right next to be and not really lost, can I fix it?) Also, what’s the cost? (So I’ll know how much I’ll be spending to purposely “blow up” my phone.) And what other spy-like features will the phone have?
So, would you buy a phone for the sole purpose of having it “self destruct” if you lost it?
