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

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.

Comments

This makes me want to run out and get a Blackberry

[Anonymous Coward]

After all, who wouldn't want the government to be able to spy on you? As long as it's lawful, that is.

Re:Nail, meet coffin

[MightyMartian]

I think this is some sort of wild Hail Mary Pass gambit where somehow the US and UK will outlaw all phones that don't have back doors, and Blackberry will become the only legal smartphone and... PROFIT!!!!

It sounds stupid, but just about everything RIM/Blackberry has done for the last five years has been just unmitigated stupidity.