Governments Find Blackberry Devices Too Secure

Soon after President Obama was elected, it was a matter of concern that he was reluctant to accept the surrender of his famous Blackberry phone and communication device. At the time, the concern was that the nature and extent of presidential communication required a high degree of security that would not be guaranteed by such a service. I blogged here that the Research In Motion, the corporation that manufacturers the device would take that as a challenge to assert that the degree of security for that device would make it fit for presidential communication.

Some two years later, a different set of governments have pressured the RIM into some concessions on security based on the thinking that the device provides a very tight level of security that national governments of a number of Asian countries cannot reach.  As the dated piece in the NYT states here, governments of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and India are concerned that by guaranteeing a high level of privacy in communication, the security of states may be compromised. It seems that the device is not fit for a president but is too safe for citizens half a world away.

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