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http://memeburn.com/2011/08/the-google-graveyard-20-products-that-failed/

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_Q?id=nexus_q&hl=en

-1 troll. I guess I deserved that. I didn't cite any of my sources.

By comparison, BES email is encrypted by default wit AES. Good luck brute-forcing that.

If you're the US government, you can just ask for the key. You wouldn't need to brute-force anything.

"If you’re a BES user, your IT department has the option of encrypting the body — not the the PIN — of your PIN-to-PIN BBM messages with a key unique to the company. By default, however, BBM messages are not encrypted because it restricts PIN-to-PIN BBM communication to only employees of the company, instead, they are scrambled. Scrambling is done with a universal cryptographic key that every BlackBerry has." [source]

Besides if you're not an Enterprise user:

"Your emails between your BlackBerry and the BlackBerry Internet Service are not encrypted. Unlike BlackBerry to BlackBerry communication on BES, BIS email messages are not encrypted before they travel over a mobile carrier’s network. For BIS users, only the mobile carrier’s standard 3G/2G protection applies. " [source]

Riiight. That's why Austria & Turkey have certified the blackberry platforrm: http://ca.blackberry.com/business/topics/security/certifications.htmlTurkey & Austria aren't part of Echelon. Look, if you want to criticize the blackberry, at least choose things that are true.

That does not negate what I said. I also never implied that Austria and Turkey were part of Echelon. Here is the citation for the French government. I also believe Germany and Sweden have issued similar statements.

-1 troll. I guess I deserved that. I didn't cite any of my sources.

By comparison, BES email is encrypted by default wit AES. Good luck brute-forcing that.

If you're the US government, you can just ask for the key. You wouldn't need to brute-force anything.

"If you’re a BES user, your IT department has the option of encrypting the body — not the the PIN — of your PIN-to-PIN BBM messages with a key unique to the company. By default, however, BBM messages are not encrypted because it restricts PIN-to-PIN BBM communication to only employees of the company, instead, they are scrambled. Scrambling is done with a universal cryptographic key that every BlackBerry has." [source]

Besides if you're not an Enterprise user:

"Your emails between your BlackBerry and the BlackBerry Internet Service are not encrypted. Unlike BlackBerry to BlackBerry communication on BES, BIS email messages are not encrypted before they travel over a mobile carrier’s network. For BIS users, only the mobile carrier’s standard 3G/2G protection applies. " [source]

Riiight. That's why Austria & Turkey have certified the blackberry platforrm: http://ca.blackberry.com/business/topics/security/certifications.htmlTurkey & Austria aren't part of Echelon. Look, if you want to criticize the blackberry, at least choose things that are true.

That does not negate what I said. I also never implied that Austria and Turkey were part of Echelon. Here is the citation for the French government. I also believe Germany and Sweden have issued similar statements.

With RIM, you are in control. The server that controls your devices is in your data center, under your control. We at RIM have no control over your devices. You have the keys, and you set the keys. We have no way to get into your phone. We can't listen in, nor can we let a government listen in.

Apparently, the French government and half of the European countries do not believe this statement. They seem to be under the impression that RIM is an intricate part of the US-UK-Australian-Canadian Echelon program.

Also, you should note this article:

If you’re a BES user, your IT department has the option of encrypting the body — not the the PIN — of your PIN-to-PIN BBM messages with a key unique to the company. By default, however, BBM messages are not encrypted because it restricts PIN-to-PIN BBM communication to only employees of the company, instead, they are scrambled. Scrambling is done with a universal cryptographic key that every BlackBerry has.

[...]

RIM can provide this universal key to governments to unscramble messages even in a BES environment — if no additional encryption is applied.
[source]

So not only, by default your message is not encrypted by your IT department like you think it might be, thus providing you a false sense of security, but because RIM insists on having a centralized BBM communication network (even in this internet age). It doesn't matter what European country you may be working in: Spain, France, or whatever... A BBM that you send to your colleague sitting less than 1 meter away from you will always get routed through their closest hub in the UK before it even returns back to your country and your colleague.

This is precisely a bait and switch. You promise a free service, refuse to offer the free service and then demand money for the exact same functionality that was promised for free.

Combine this with recent accusations that Facebook's feeds have been broken on purpose as of late to necessitate promoting posts, and accusations of click-fraud eating up paid advertising and you have to wonder if Facebook is beginning to shoot themselves in the foot. They have tons of users, but they don't seem to know how to monetize that well.

http://memeburn.com/2012/11/is-facebook-really-broken-on-purpose/

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-accused-of-click-fraud-by-advertiser-2012-7

“So we have developed technology for cars that can drive themselves. Our automated cars, manned by trained operators, just drove from our Mountain View campus to our Santa Monica office and on to Hollywood Boulevard. They’ve driven down Lombard Street, crossed the Golden Gate bridge, navigated the Pacific Coast Highway, and even made it all the way around Lake Tahoe,” he added.

http://memeburn.com/2010/10/google-test-drives-automated-cars-of-the-future/

Unless if by "on the road" you mean mass produced and available to average consumer, vs literally on the road....in which case I agree it will be a while, but I dont think the legality is the issue for the reason I stated above (you can do cruise control, its just a sophisticated version of cruise control)