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Re: RIM to give in to GAK in India
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Tue May 27 12:47:00 2008
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:54:12 -0400
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <87bq2rok42.fsf@snark.cb.piermont.com>
Quoting "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>:
>
> Excerpt:
>
> In a major change of stance, Canada-based Research In Motion (RIM)
> may allow the Indian government to intercept non-corporate emails
> sent over BlackBerrys.
>
> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Telecom/Govt_may_get_keys_to_your_BlackBerry_mailbox_soon/articleshow/3041313.cms
>
> Hat tip: Bruce Schneier's blog.
Wow, and April 1st was almost two months ago. This is just a bunch
of FUD. If someone actually talked to RIM they would find out that
it's technically impossible for them to do this because THEY DONT HAVE
THE DEVICE KEYS.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080527/tc_afp/indiacanadacompanyrimblackberrytelecomsecurity
Apparently even the security "experts" are suspect to sensationalism
without appropriate research. I would have expected better.
-derek
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