RIM's Encryption 'Too Secure' For Indian Government's Taste

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 1, 2010 @08:33AM from the nsa-smiles-and-nods-politely dept.

climenole writes "Research in Motion, the creator of the widely used enterprise-cum-consumer BlackBerry device, has an uncertain position in India. The Indian government's internal security and intelligence services cannot break the encryption of the device, which makes countering terror threats and national security matters difficult — especially for a region which faces constant threats and attacks from domestic Maoist insurgents and extremist Islamic groups." Does it make you wonder how much safer everyone would be if parkas, mailing envelopes, cash, and superglue were all evaluated on the same basis?

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Re:dupe by Anonymous Coward · 2010-08-01 08:58 · Score: 1, Informative

Read the original story - India is mentioned.
Cum, not come by jone_stone · 2010-08-01 09:43 · Score: 2, Informative

Am I really the first to point this out? The proper word there is "cum", not "come". Come on, people! Latin!
-David
Re:dupe by Anonymous Coward · 2010-08-01 09:44 · Score: 1, Informative

Also, summary.
Of course the funny thing by Sycraft-fu · 2010-08-01 10:38 · Score: 3, Informative

Is that the very secure nature of the Blackberrys is precisely why the US government loves the things so much. They are RIM's biggest customer. They love all the security features BBs have, and love the Exchange integration.