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France Bans BlackBerries In Govt. On Fears of Spying
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.'"
It is industrial espionage they are worried about. The French are worried that their white flag manufacturing techniques will be found out.
Given the disastrous track record of the French economy under Socialist policies, one would think the French economic gurus might want to focus more on economic fundamentals and basic Capitalist theory rather than indulge in paranoid conspiracy theories.
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Of course, then they might be held accountable for their policy failures
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...given the lack of respect that the current US administration shows for privacy laws, I'm surprised that anybody in the US or Canada thinks that their data exchanges are safe from prying eyes...!
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If the NSA or other US govt agency really has been eavesdropping on other governments' blackberry communication, then we have an example of the US govt doing damage to private enterprise (blackberry). And now that the spying has been publicly noted, the US govt isn't going to get any useful information through that channel. Congratulations to US govt for another brilliant foreign policy "success" during this administration.
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France is like a tabloid celebrity. Whenever international attention on them seems to wane, they accuse the paparazzi (read: countries that matter) of doing what they'd like them to be doing.
Because, you know, French national secrets are at the top of the US intelligence hit list...
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