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BlackBerry Clears Hurdle For Voice Crypto Acquisition

Posted by samzenpus on from the still-going dept.

angry tapir writes BlackBerry is now free to integrate German security vendor Secusmart's voice encryption technology in its smartphones and software, after the German government approved its acquisition of the company. BlackBerry CEO John Chen still wants his company to be the first choice of CIOs that want nothing but the best security as he works to turn around the company's fortunes.

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  1. Re:Unless end to end, it's a farce by joemerritt9090 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, the article that says "Authorities won't have access to email records of BES users". BES is the enterprise email offering, that allows a company to run the delivery system locally, with its own encryption keys. The system Indian wanted access to in that article is BIS, which delivered email for the average consumer (non-enterprise) on the old (pre BB10 / Z10) phones. The new phones no longer use that system (they download email directly now) as bandwidth and battery power savings were the strengths of that old design, and those weren't winning market share.