Dubai firm launches ‘hacker-proof’ phone

Manama : A Dubai company has launched a new smartphone, which comes without a camera or GPS function and is being promoted as appealing to security-conscious users who want to reduce the chance of hackers accessing the device to spy on them.

Mobile phone brand Four has launched the K500 smartphone and the lack of a camera reduces the likelihood that cybercriminals could use ‘peeping Tom’ malware software to access the device and collect personal images without the user’s knowledge, it said in a press statement yesterday.

“There is a very real concern that your mobile phone could be hijacked by malware, photographing you, friends and family, spying inside the home or workplace,” Four’s founder and CEO, Faisal Al Bannai, said. (Zawya)