Police Say They Can Crack BlackBerry PGP Encrypted Email (sophos.com)

schwit1 writes: Police in two countries have claimed that they can read encrypted data from BlackBerry devices that are being marketed as having "military-grade security." The story originally broke when Dutch website Misdaadnieuws (Crime News) published documents from the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), a Dutch law enforcement agency, stating that police were able to access deleted messages and read encrypted emails on so-called BlackBerry PGP devices. A representative from NFI confirmed that "we are capable of obtaining encrypted data from BlackBerry PGP devices," according to a report from Motherboard. On Tuesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) also told Motherboard they can crack encrypted messages on PGP BlackBerrys.

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Beware of BlackBerry shills

[LichtSpektren]

BlackBerry has an intense cadre of Internet shills that likely will be defending them within about a day or two. Just watch.

For any sane person that cares about their privacy and safety, this should be the nail in the coffin for BB.

Re:Military grade

[MightyYar]

Military grade just means it won't change for 30 years or so. :)