We obtained a BQ Aquaris X2 and put it through the same internal security audit phones used for Sky ECC go through. Would this phone be acceptable for Sky ECC users? The answer is no. This phone failed our internal security audit and should never be trusted as a secure device. No. The BQ Aquaris X2 … Read more
January 28th is Data Privacy Day, and privacy experts from all fields are sharing their insights. Our specialty at Sky ECC—since we have the world’s most secure messaging platform—is protecting not just your messages, but all the data you exchange during conversations. Private chats this Data Privacy Day This article summarizes what private chat apps … Read more
A number of people with high digital security and privacy needs are coming to the correct conclusion that Signal is not doing everything for that them it could. New privacy and security issues keep getting discovered, which we’ll look at below, that leave users vulnerable in one way or another. So wanting to learn how … Read more
This week’s theme for Cyber Security Awareness Month is “How to protect yourself online.” This is a broad topic, so I have chosen to focus on our specialty: phone security. Even this can be a complicated subject, but we will do our best to simplify it with the absolute basics of phone security, the things … Read more
This week in the Cyber Security Awareness Month calendar we look at how cyber threats impact your mobile communications, with specific actions attackers take to make you vulnerable to a growing number of cyber threats. In addition to practical tips for securing mobile communications in general, we’ll show you specific ways Sky ECC protects you … Read more
It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month and let’s take a moment to chat about something pretty important—how we all have a stake in preventing hackers and thwarting evil doers. Just this morning I listened to a bit on this piece about scammers based in India tricking people into thinking their machines are full of malware and … Read more
Sky ECC was built assuming that everything involved with the phone’s security was compromised and that we must secure them—no assumptions were allowed. This was done to offer complete security if an already secured system failed. Click to learn about: Secure Environment checks Brute force protections Metadata and header encryption Push notification obfuscation Chat and … Read more
We only offer Sky ECC on phones from Apple, Google, and BlackBerry. You’re no stranger to that fact. What you might not know is that over time we stop offering Sky ECC on older phones. We sunset phones not because we want to force everyone on new, shiny devices, it’s because as time passes older … Read more
Putting remotely executable apps on SIM cards seemed like a good idea at the time Last week we learned about a truly horrifying exploit known as SIMjacking can track your location without you knowing it via a stealthy text message that you’d likely never see in your messages—and that’s just the not-so-bad part. It only … Read more
