The Wall Street Journal reports on a partnership between Google and Silent Circle, the maker of a privacy-centric Blackphone. Through this partnership, the next version of the Blackphone will come equipped with Google’s Android for Work software, which allows users to compartmentalize personal and professional use and also “collects huge amounts of user data to sell advertising,” the report states, asking, “So why would Silent Circle, which is intensely concerned with privacy, team up with the largest data collection company in the world?” The answer, according to Silent Circle, “comes down to marketing … Most users of Blackphone and Silent Circle’s other encrypted-communication products are in Europe. The Google deal will raise the company’s profile in the U.S.,” the report states. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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