Kaspersky Lab: is developing anti-hacker self-branded mobile phones, does not support the installation of application stores

Thank CTOnews.com netizens Shenzhen pretty boy for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, August 17, according to the Russian satellite news agency, recently, Yevgeny Kaspersky, president of Kaspersky Lab, said that the laboratory is developing anti-hacker functions for its own-brand mobile phones.

Kaspersky said for the first time in December 2020 that it was developing a self-branded phone to protect against hackers, which was expected to be available in 2021.

"this function is not ready yet," Kaspersky said. the camera doesn't work. We are working on it, but it will take time. There are a large number of various technical problems, and we are gradually breaking through them. When we will be able to show the finished product and announce it is not known. "

Kaspersky said the device would be somewhere between an ordinary smartphone and a push-button phone.

Kaspersky further said: "but we don't think it will replace ordinary smartphones." It is still more suitable for critical infrastructure work. Modern society needs remote control infrastructure. Therefore, we need devices that can ensure that they will not be hacked. So we developed this device with very limited functions. It does not support the installation of app stores, and there will not be software that everyone likes to use on smartphones, but it will be a phone that can be safely controlled by some device. "