Which term describes phones that cannot be accessed or decrypted by law enforcement?

• A. Dark phones
• B. Big Data
• C. Data mining
• D. Data broking

Answer: (A)

Dark phones describe devices that are heavily protected by strong encryption and security measures, making them very hard or impossible for authorities to access or decrypt. This term is used to capture the idea of phones designed to protect user communications and data from surveillance, often through features like robust end-to-end encryption, secure storage, and privacy-first configurations. The other terms are about data, not devices: Big Data refers to the large-scale collection of information, data mining is the process of pulling patterns from data, and data broking is the business of collecting and selling personal data. None of those describe phones that resist access by law enforcement, so they don’t fit the scenario.