Blackberry Offers 'Lawful Device Interception Capabilities' (itnews.com.au)

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 21, 2015 @04:09PM from the everything-is-lawful-somewhere dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Apple and Google have been vocal in their opposition to any kind of government regulation of cell phone encryption. BlackBerry, however, is taking a different stance, saying it specifically supports "lawful interception capabilities" for government surveillance. BlackBerry COO Marty Beard as much at a recent IT summit. He declined to explain how the interception works, but he denied the phones would contain "backdoors" and said governments would have no direct access to BlackBerry servers. The company may see this as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition.

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Differentiate? by markdavis · 2015-11-21 17:21 · Score: 4, Informative

>"The company may see this as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition."
Um, yeah- "Buy our phones! They are better because we allow the government to spy on you!" What a great selling feature to differentiate yourself from your competition. I bet consumers will flock to that ?!!?!?!!