Better Hi-Security Phone? Armadillo or Nitrokey for Risk Environments?

Question

Dear HN Community,i was asking if anyone here has some experience in deploying hi-security phones in risky environments?I googled a little bit, and found basicly two players, who seem to have a product that is somehow really mature:1) Armadillo Phone 2) NitrokeyHas anyone experience here in deploying such devices in your environment?Thanks!

gibsonhacker · Accepted Answer

I managed a deployment of 6 armadillo phones for our company earlier this year. There are a few other options out there but I didn't take a look at nitrokey specifically until now . Armadillo seemed like the most feature rich option out there.
The biggest killer feature with Armadillo Phone was multiple users we could fill with fake data. You switch to other users by entering their password instead of your normal password. No other phone we took a look at seems to have deniable encryption. The other big win for us was the "sentinel" apps they have that can detect different types of attacks ( wifi, cellular, theft, etc. ) . I also really liked that everything worked together instead of having to cobble together 10 different apps to get what I wanted.
Nitrokey seems to be using Graphene OS. This is going to be a lot more of a DIY option then. When I was talking to the Armadillo sales guys they said Armadillo was a fork of Graphene and they've added their hardening on top of that.

eimrine · Answer

Is it really possible for Android fork to be any safe? Why not to take a regular Android phone and use it for controversial activities only without storing anything on it?