Blackwater’s Founder Would Like To Sell You A Privacy Phone Made In The Usa

The UP Phone’s halfway hardware hasn’t changed since its first iteration. | Image: Unplugged

Unplugged, a institution cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is besides nan laminitis of infamous backstage subject contractor Blackwater, has conscionable released a caller type of its "privacy-first" UP Phone that will beryllium made successful nan US - astatine immoderate point.

The original UP Phone was described by nan institution arsenic "the eventual privacy-focused smartphone" and by privateness level GrapheneOS arsenic "a clear trim scam." (It was first announced successful June 2022, though it didn't scope customers until 2024; Unplugged wouldn't show maine really galore units were sold, only that it sold retired wrong 3 hours.) Now, Unplugged has launched a "major update" to nan phone. Echoing declare …

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