Did you ever hear Sectera Edge? Probably not. It goes without saying that the world's leaders need to use super safe phones. So when she was appointed Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was aiming to acquire a BlackBerry similar to that used by US President Barack Obama.
However, new information revealed by Wired shows that the NSA did not agree to Clinton's request, due to BlackBerry's high cost in version "Obama".
For such a one device the cost is really unbelievable. Its price starts at $4.750, plus an additional $30.000 for security systems and the necessary infrastructure, the publication said. So at such a cost, the purchase of this particular device remained a dream for Hillary Clinton.
This, of course, does not mean that it was left without a device that provides security.
It turns out that the NSA has a device that has so far been highly secretive. It is a Windows Phone device that runs on Windows CE.
The so-called Sectera Edge costs about $3.000 in its basic version and has been officially on sale since mid-2008. It was produced under an $18 million contract for the US National Security Agency and is used by government employees in various government agencies. services, such as the Department of Defense and Homeland Security.
The Sectera Edge weighs 340 grams. It has a 2,8 inch QVGA TFT color display with 64k Colourτα, και υποστηρίζει κάρτα microSD μέχρι τα 2 GB.
The Sectera Edge has been discontinued since 2015 as government officials use more modern smartphones with encryption and security systems. Secretary of State John Kerry for example uses one Samsung Galaxy S4.
