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RIM In Trouble For Not Violating Privacy

Posted by kdawson on from the end-to-end-baby dept.

sufijazz writes "The US government is not alone in wanting to snoop on everything citizens do over email/phone. The Indian government wants that right too. RIM is stating they have no means to decrypt, no master key, and no back door to allow the government to access email." The article notes that 114,000 BlackBerries are in use on the Indian subcontinent. The government is concerned about attacks by militants and sees the BlackBerry as a security risk.

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  1. Re:To quote the immortal Dick Cheney... by Anarke_Incarnate · · Score: 5, Funny
    He's only immortal until a ring of garlic is put around his neck, a stake driven into his heart and holy water sprinkled over the earth were he lays.

    Come on, folks. This guy has a "Man Sized" safe in his office. What do you think he has in there? He has a man....to feed off of.

  2. Biggety, libidinous bon mots? by spun · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't want to go on a rant here, but this screed makes about as much sense as Beowulf having sex with Robert Fulton at the first battle of Antietam.
    I mean when a neo-conservative defenestrates it's like Raskolnikov filibuster deoxymonohydroxinate.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
    1. Re:Biggety, libidinous bon mots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Arant is the country in between Iraq and Iran. Stupid Americans don't know geography.

  3. Re:I have a better solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "they're worried about Muslim terrorists"

    You mean like Rachel Ray?

  4. Security Risk? by jhouserizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the Blackberry is a security risk, so is a pen.

  5. Re:I have a better solution by Reece400 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Oh no! Circular reference!

    Cult: a small, unpopular religion

    Religion: a large, popular cult
  6. Re:I have a better solution by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

    "they're worried about Muslim terrorists"

    You mean like Rachel Ray? Exactly. But in her case, I'd demand that the test be she eat a popsicle, slowly. I'm not sure what this would prove but it would be fun to watch.
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    Kwisatz Haderach
    Sell the spice to CHOAM
    This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
  7. Re:This could set a precedent by 74nova · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew there had to be a way to slam America in this, nice work.

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    use your turn signal! you people act like it's divulging information to the enemy
  8. Re:Just to be a little bit paranoid by zacronos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, loosen the tin foil hats [...] AHA! Clearly, you have a vested interest in whether I wear my tin foil hat or not!

    Since you want me to take it off, it must work! That is, unless that's what you want me to think, and it actually acts as a locator so you can more easily trace my position. Or perhaps it's all a ruse to distract me from noticing something else even MORE sinister....

    Yes, it's all becoming clear to me now. I'm on to you!
  9. Re:To quote the immortal Dick Cheney... by sm62704 · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, he's not a vampire, he's a Cyborg. For that matter so am I. Neither garlic nor stakes will suffice. In fact, a steak through the heart is the likely cause of Cheney's becoming a cyborg in the first place!

    You will be assimilated. Resistance is not only futile, when the time comes you will beg to join us.

    Disclaimer: By "us" I mean cyborg, not Republican. I didn't vote for that particular cyborg and never would; I consider him and Bush to be traitors to my country. See what happens when you elect an alcoholic to the Presidency and Vice Presidency?

    -mcgrew
    PS- did I tell you that you would be assimilated? In fact you may already be a winner!

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    mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
  10. Re:Summary is indicative of the problem by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 2, Funny

    GOVERNMENTS DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS OF ANY KIND. I think we've got one of those freedom-loving, government-hating terrorists on our hands. Sir, please put your hands on your head....
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    "The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
  11. Re:I have a better solution by ArhcAngel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hillary Clinton is the Whore of Babylon

    Are you sure it wasn't Bill?

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    "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
  12. Re:Friendly advise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "As it stands your post is pretty easy to dismiss."

    Says the AC... says the other AC. this could get recursive...
  13. Re:can't work even if they wanted it to by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 3, Funny

    So it can't be upside-down?
    No, just an up-side, a down-side, a charm-side, a strange-side, a top-side and a bottom-side.
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    Similar to the upcoming US election results
  14. Re:Go Canada! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I though we didn't have guns?

  15. Re:can't work even if they wanted it to by Mattcelt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and depending on the governments, they have varying amounts of spin.

  16. Re:The gov't listens to everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At this point you're descending into left-wing kookiness, which is outside the scope of a technical discussion. And I guess that is the point at which you descend into right-wing kookiness.
  17. Re:can't work even if they wanted it to by deimtee · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is obviously the point at which we need to implement a standard model of government.

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    I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen...