Quoting "Perry E. Metzger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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 -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
