New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What Went Wrong at SilentCircle and Blackphone
Ask HN: What Went Wrong at SilentCircle and Blackphone
5 by ignoramous | 2 comments on Hacker News.
The company had a great founder-market fit (PGP inventor Phil Zimmermann, Apple's Jon Callas [0]), and raised $130MM in funding to pull off the Blackphone [1], built on SilentOS based on Android [2]. I could totally see a need for privacy oriented offering in the space (esp since Apple's PR is getting all serious about it). They weren't too soon to the market either (2015/16)? From your perspective, what could have gone wrong? [0] http://bit.ly/2KYmBh2 [1] http://bit.ly/2Vl5KZL [2] http://bit.ly/2KWJ2mR
5 by ignoramous | 2 comments on Hacker News.
The company had a great founder-market fit (PGP inventor Phil Zimmermann, Apple's Jon Callas [0]), and raised $130MM in funding to pull off the Blackphone [1], built on SilentOS based on Android [2]. I could totally see a need for privacy oriented offering in the space (esp since Apple's PR is getting all serious about it). They weren't too soon to the market either (2015/16)? From your perspective, what could have gone wrong? [0] http://bit.ly/2KYmBh2 [1] http://bit.ly/2Vl5KZL [2] http://bit.ly/2KWJ2mR
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