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xwhyz · 03-15-08, 01:28 AM

There were huge concerns around the blackberry users when the dot found out that there were indeed big security flaws in blackberry and would be banning them. The good news now is that the blackberrys will not be banned by DoT at least for the moment. This will dramatically decrease the sales of Blackberry in India.

Admin · 03-21-08, 03:08 AM

There is no point in banning blackberrys e-mail service... It will just screw up the lives of thousands if not millions of people who use them to read and wruite e-mails on the go .
I have no idea how this could be a security threat.

There are so many ways to keep your electronic messages safe and the government wont even have a clue about what they are.. they just want some money from the service providers (under the table) so they can keep running their services.

icar · 05-12-08, 03:28 AM

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Here is yet another twist to the BlackBerry saga that refuses to die down. India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) has rejected a proposal from RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, to decompress the data and emails sent from BlackBerry device to a non-BlackBerry device.

ET has learnt that during the recent round of discussions between RIM executives and Indian intelligence agencies, the Canadian company had ‘offered their help to decompress the data and e-mail sent by a BlackBerry user to any other mobile handset or computer’.

RIM had offered this solution because, data on RIM network flows with the 256-bit advanced encryption standard, but India’s security agencies can intercept only 40-bit encryption. Intelligence agencies however justified the move to reject the RIM offer on the grounds that this would amount to breach of privacy: “The proposal was not agreed to by the IB as this leaks the information regarding the person whose information is being intercepted,” the DoT said in a communication to the Canadian High Commission in India.

However, the larger issue deals with data sent between BlackBerry devices, which India’s security agencies can’t monitor because mails sent between BlackBerry owners in India bypasses the networks of Indian mobile operators providing these services and directly hit RIM’s servers in Canada.

Here, as first reported by ET, the DoT has proposed an interim solution where all data between BlackBerry users are stored on the servers of the telcos for a year. The DoT has asked RIM to use this 12-month period to move some of its servers to India, which will then enable the country’s security agencies to monitor the BlackBerry traffic.

“The response of RIM or setting up server (in India) has been encouraging and they have asked for the conditions that are likely to be imposed for setting up the server. The response is under examination,” the DoT communication to the Canadian High Commission added.

Meanwhile, two international software solution companies—Cain Technologies and Cleartrail—have approached DoT and the country’s intelligence agencies offering to provide a solution for BlackBerry interception. “These proposals will be examined and evaluated with IB,” the DoT communication added.

IB rejects proposal by BlackBerry smartphone RIM- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times

eGlueWeb · 05-12-08, 06:14 PM

Well, I believe now a days with the induction of Wireless networks, hotspots and more advanced but proprietory technologies data is insecure more than ever. It is not just the case with Blackberrys.

Many dont even bother to change the default passwords of the routers and such devices. I go with the old word, no devices if networked is secure.

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xwhyz Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 688 Rep Power: 2	DoT is not yet ready to ban Blackberrys There were huge concerns around the blackberry users when the dot found out that there were indeed big security flaws in blackberry and would be banning them. The good news now is that the blackberrys will not be banned by DoT at least for the moment. This will dramatically decrease the sales of Blackberry in India.

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03-21-08, 03:08 AM	#2
Admin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Delhi Age: 32 Posts: 4,700 Rep Power: 12	There is no point in banning blackberrys e-mail service... It will just screw up the lives of thousands if not millions of people who use them to read and wruite e-mails on the go . I have no idea how this could be a security threat. There are so many ways to keep your electronic messages safe and the government wont even have a clue about what they are.. they just want some money from the service providers (under the table) so they can keep running their services.

05-12-08, 06:14 PM	#4
eGlueWeb Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 2	Well, I believe now a days with the induction of Wireless networks, hotspots and more advanced but proprietory technologies data is insecure more than ever. It is not just the case with Blackberrys. Many dont even bother to change the default passwords of the routers and such devices. I go with the old word, no devices if networked is secure.

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