BlackBerry unveils new layer of security By Fox Business

SPEAK. >>> NOW THEN, THIS IS INTERESTING, BLACKBERRY, THEY'RE INTRODUCING A NEW LAYER OF SECURITY THEY SAY WOULD BE IMMUNE TO QUANTUM COMPUTING HACKING, WHATEVER THAT IS. JOINING US JOHN CHEN, BLACKBERRY'S CEO. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM, JOHN. >> THANK YOU, STUART. NICE TO SEE YOU.

STUART: ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU'RE INTRODUCING A LEVEL OF PRIVACY THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN OFFER? >> WELL, THAT IS GOING TO BE, I'M SURE THERE IS SOME, NSA BASE AGENTS OUT THERE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THESE THINGS BUT, YES, IN GENERAL ON THE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE TOP OF THE LINE. STUART: HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? >> WELL, BLACKBERRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR SECURITY, PRIVACY, SO FORTH, SO FORTH. SO WE OWN A COMPANY CALLED SERTICOM WHICH IS THE NUMBER CRYPTOLOGY COMPANY IN THE WORLD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THIS IS A LITTLE-KNOWN FACT. THE PROBLEM WITH OUR MARKETING STUFF.

RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A QUANTUM COMPUTING COMPANY, QUANTUM COMPUTING CAN HACK ANY ENCRYPTED CODE. IS THERE A WAY TO CREATE A LIBRARY OR RECOGNIZE THE FACT YOU'RE BEING QUANTUM HACKED. I'M CREATING A TERM ON FOX. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER -- STUART: QUANTUM HACKED. >> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS EVEN TRUE.

THE POINT IS TO PREVENT CAN TUM COMPUTING TO HACK YOUR, TO HACK YOUR ENCRYPTION CODE SO, THIS IS WHAT THE LIBRARY WILL RELEASE, PROBABLY WILL BE IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR. STUART: OKAY. PRODUCER, PUT BACK THE SCRIPT PLEASE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THIS -- THANK YOU. I HAVE TO READ THIS BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS.

WHAT ABOUT APPS? IS MY FACEBOOK APP, YOU CAN READ THE QUESTION, IF YOU LIKE, IT IS ON THE PROMPTER, IS MY FACEBOOK APP MORE SECURE ON A BLACKBERRY THAN ON A SOME SUNG GALAXY OR iPHONE? >> DATA YOU TRANSMIT IS MORE SECURE ON A BLACKBERRY. THE APPS WE DON'T DO. STUART: OKAY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE DATA YOU TRANSMIT IS UNHACKABLE? >> NO. IT IS MORE SECURE. THOSE ARE TWO LEVEL THINGS.

I'M SORRY TO MAKE IT SO CONFUSING, I DON'T WANT TO GET A LETTER FROM FACEBOOK YOU SEE. STUART: YOU PROBABLY WILL. >> ANYWAY, WE ARE SOMETHING GOING ON ANY WAY -- STUART: I BET YOU DO. YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT IT? >> NO. I WILL NOT COMMENT.

THE POINT BEING THAT BECAUSE THE WAY WE TRANSPORT ENCRYPTED DATA AND BECAUSE THE FACT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR DATA WE DON'T MONETIZE DATA. THERE IS ONE DIFFERENT THING ABOUT BLACKBERRY VERSUS EVERYBODY ELSE. WE ACTUALLY, OUR JOB IS TO TRANSPORT YOUR STUFF SAFELY AND SECURELY. AND PRIVATELY. STUART: YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE? >> DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S IT. SO OTHER PEOPLE GIVE YOU FREE STUFF AND THEN BUT, LIKE, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID EARLIER BUT YOU ARE THE PRODUCT, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW THAT. STUART: OKAY BUT YOU DON'T SELL THE INFORMATION SO -- >> WE DON'T COLLECT, SELL, ANALYZE. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING OF THOSE THINGS. STUART: THAT IS YOUR PRINCIPLE MARKETING POINT OR ONE OF THEM.

>> ABSOLUTELY. STUART: THAT IS A BIG MARKETING POINT FOR BLACK PER AS WE STAND. >> BANKS, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS USES US. STUART: I USED TO HAVE A BLACKBERRY. I LOVE THAT THING.

TEXT WITH TWO THUMBS. ASHLEY: KEYBOARD WAS FABULOUS. >> LOT OF PEOPLE COULD DO IT LIKE THINK, I COULD. I WAS REALLY GOOD AT IT. >> I GAVE MY COLLEAGUE MY PHONE.

STUART: YOU'RE MAKING NEWS FOR ME NOW. IT MIGHT COME BACK? >> WELL, I MEAN YOU NEVER KNOW. I LICENSED THE TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET OUT OF THE PHONE BUSINESS MAKING THE PHONE, I NEVER SAID, EVER, THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE A PHONE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, I THINK IN MY MIND IS PRETTY SMART BECAUSE I THINK -- I WON'T BE DOING IT.

BUT THE POINT IS I AM LICENSING IT TO A NUMBER OF PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD IN INDIA, INDONESIA, AND IN CHINA AND WE'RE LICENSING THE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE USER INTERFACES, THE KEYBOARDS, THE POWER SUPPLY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE ARE LICENSING ALL THESE TECHNOLOGIES SO THEY ARE MAKING BLACKBERRY BRAND PHONE. WE'RE JUST DOING THE QUALIFICATION. SO THEREFORE THE MORE PHONE THAT THEY MAKE AND MORE PHONE THEY MAKE WITH THE KEYBOARDS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT BACK. THE LATEST KEYBOARD, THE LATEST ONE IS KEYBOARD PHONE, PHYSICAL KEYBOARD PHONE.

STUART: KEYBOARD PHONE? NO CALLED KEY II. STUART: THIS SECURITY THING YOU'RE ANNOUNCING FIRST TIME ON THE PROGRAM HERE? >> YES THE, QUANTUM. STUART: THIS PROGRAM? >> THIS PROGRAM. STUART: WE LIKE THAT. ANY GOOD, JOHN, WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

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