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France Bans BlackBerries In Govt. On Fears of Spying

Posted by Zonk on from the not-their-kind-of-pie-i-guess dept.

DesertBlade writes "French government officials are no longer allowed to use BlackBerries for official correspondence. The reason? Fear that the US government will snoop out French national secrets via RIM's network. From the article: '"The risks of interception are real. It is economic war," daily Le Monde quoted Alain Juillet, in charge of economic intelligence for the government, as saying. With BlackBerries, there is "a problem with the protection of information," he said. Juillet's office confirmed that he spoke to Le Monde but said he would not talk to other reporters. Officials at the presidential Elysee Palace and the prime minister's office were not immediately available for comment. Le Monde said information sent from BlackBerries goes through servers in the United States and Britain, and that France fears that the U.S. National Security Agency can snoop.'"

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  1. Crackers and Blackberries.... by PorkNutz · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    First an article about Crackers, and now an article about Blackberries. It's starting to feel like Def Comedy Jam around here today!

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  2. Fallout from current administration by grasshoppa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Whether you like or hate this administration, there can be little argument that it's caused a great deal of harm to our nations foreign relations.

    Do we have any friends left?

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    1. Re:Fallout from current administration by shaitand · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      IMHO not much. We have a dictator in office, said dictator is already known to have rigged the election to stay in power, disregards the highest laws in the land and the principles our nation is founded upon, has ordered the murder and torture of tens of thousands in a sovereign nation without any known cause, spies upon our citizens, and of course detains and tortures U.S. Citizens without trial.

      In response to this, the people of this nation have taken decisive action to remove this threat to our democracy and way of life. We have... complained about him and made fun of him. Is it really that far of a stretch to assume that all this might have had an impact on our credibility in the rest of the world?

      Somewhere along the lines we got confused. We have fought so hard and defended free speech so desperately that forgot that there is a time to stop talking and start acting.

  3. France is an enemy of the U.S. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I just wish the duplicitous bastards would come out and admit it forthrightly.