India testing new solution for spying on BlackBerry users

By on Oct 4, 2011 at 7:00 AM
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India’s government is currently in the process of testing a solution that will allow it to spy on BlackBerry users sending and receiving data over India’s cellular airwaves. The country’s Telecom Secretary has confirmed that India’s Department of Telecommunications is testing the solution, which will allow government officials to monitor several services tied to Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones. The new solution being tested is part of India’s demands to gain access to messages sent by its citizens, and the government has threatened to ban BlackBerry devices if it is not granted access to users’ data. RIM has cooperated with some of India’s demands in the past, having provided it with the means to see messages sent via BlackBerry Messenger and to monitor web browsing, but the Waterloo, Ontario-based vendor has insisted on multiple occasions that it does not possess the capability to monitor encrypted emails sent and received via its corporate BES service. India’s Telecom Secretary would not specify which BlackBerry services this new monitoring solution addresses.

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  • Roflmao

    This is both good news and bad. Bad because privacy will be violated, but good because it’ll make India safer against their own terrorism problem, and give the government more ways to capture tax evading businessmen/corporations (a common problem).

    • Drpratikb

      hi,
      India is not suffering from homegrown terror but it is sufferring from state sponsored terror coming from Pakistan .
      Its world known phenomenon of what is pakistan–a terroristan.

      • Anonymous

        You say that like you know that for sure!!! PROOF!!! It’s 2011, almost 2012. If you’re going to make such statements, on a public forum, you need to back them up buddy!! Talking out of your a%* without proof is not acceptable in these times!

      • Applesucksfatties

        Your comments never cease to amaze me.  Do you drool when you type?  I don’t know much about terrorist cells in the Middle East.. but I can tell you that I have heard way more about terrorists hiding out in Pakistan than I have about India.   And thanks for pointing out that it is 2011.. almost 2012… because none of us could figure that out.. MORON!!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Umairmuhammadalikhan-Umairkhan/100000724275502 Umairmuhammadalikhan Umairkhan

        haa look this bloody poor indian sh!t whining like a little bitch~

  • http://twitter.com/bry_jnr Jedi

    No link or evidence to support these claims?

  • Robertoabreum

    This is Bullshit!!

  • Anonymous

    Whatcha’ll mad about? lmfao.

    • Guest

      The 0 in your username is actually from the same country :)

      • PN009

        That 0 was also invented to represent the IQ score people of Mr.Enz0 here…nice of him to put it in his name too

    • Indian

      Shitass, that’s the reason why unemployed like you troll around, while Indians work hard enough to keep people like you trolling.. Go and listen to your president onwhat Indians and Chieese are, before commenting, loser..

    • Drpratikb

      you have far bigger better big brother watching on your every move and every thing you do in online & off line world.

    • PN009

      Well; maybe we don’t need you to FEEL for us moron, we’re doing very well thank you. Agreed that we do face difficulties in many areas – and that helps us innovate. Check the number of Indians working in the USA in top tier IT companies – heck you do know that CEO’s of companies like Adobe, Citigroup are Indians (or probably Americans by way of Naturalization now) right? 

      Sorry to comment on a non-relevant topic – but its people like you who propagate hatred against communities/ethnic groups.  
      RIM was asked to share these details because the terror strikes in India were caused by ppl who used Blackberries and leveraged their security mechanism to send encrypted messages – its only fair that  they try and take any means necessary to curb such strikes and loss of lives. 

    • Anonymous

      Oh buddy, sorry to burst your bubble, but I hope you read the terms of use in many of the US brands you might use… Any and all corporations and companies are required to submit upon law enforcement with a warrant.

      You can stay private until someone wants to look for you. We never had control over our information

  • Anonymous

    Even in India they see how flawed blackberries are. No one wants to type on a physical keyboard. RIM will be dead in two years.  true story™©®

    • Applesucksfatties

      Hey Cut N Paste….     BlackBerry security is flawed?  That is hilarous coming from the guy who likes a product that can be cracked like a nut in 2 seconds by pretty much any 10 year old Indian boy.    I’ve been meaning to ask you how that FIPS certification is coming on your iToys?

      • PN009

        “cracked like a nut in 2 seconds by any 10 year…” Lol, good one Applesucks…

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Umairmuhammadalikhan-Umairkhan/100000724275502 Umairmuhammadalikhan Umairkhan

        suck maa dick

      • Applesucksfatties

        Break out the tweezers and the microscope…

  • Max

    Why would they want to spy on sales losers sitting in Starbucks driving company-leased Chevy Aveos?

    • Bobdonhim

      It’s funny you mention Starbucks….isn’t that where all the iDouches sit with their MacBooks and iPads trying to show off cause they think their cool.  Instead everybody laughs at them for overspending for an inferior device.

      • Applesucksfatties

        HOLLA!!!   Hey Max… suck on your iTurd….

  • Rudy

    If the government of India is anything like the Indian’s that work here – the project will be over budget and never get done

    • PN009

      Or they’re creaming the hell out of your company and buying houses and bimmers while you try to figure out why you didn’t gather the project requirements correctly to start with? Hate the game dude, don’t hate the player

  • Anonymous

    This is going to cause all 47 of the people using Blackberry phones in India to rise up and demand this stop!

    • Applesucksfatties

      Hey…C..C…C..Cody..   What is it like to sleep with your iPhone every night?  Do you pretend it is Steve Jobs? 

      • Anonymous

        I’m not a huge Steve Jobs fan, so I’m not sure why you’d say something so dumb. And for the most part I’m not a big Apple fan (I’ve never owned a Mac desktop/laptop and likely never will).

        When the iPhone came out, not many people would argue that it was pretty amazing. I never thought I’d buy an apple product but got an iPhone. Since then, Andriod phones have caught up quite a bit in quality but in my opinion the iPhone is still better. I’m excited to see what gets announced in a few hours.

        So I’m not an apple or Mac fan, not a Steve Jobs fan, I just happen to like my iPhone. So you’re assumptions are way off and make you look stupid :(

      • Anonymous

        “When the iPhone came out, not many people would argue that it was pretty amazing”

        Right because it wasn’t, analysts and bloggers alike bashed it for all of it’s lacking features.  Maybe you should read back to when the iPhone did actually come out.  The iPhone still hasn’t caught up on any any of the communication fronts which whether you want to believe or not is the main purpose of smart phones. 

      • Applesucksfatties

        No.. your comment makes YOU look stupid (47 BlackBerrys in a country of over a billion people??).  And you aren’t a Steve Jobs/Apple fan.. yet you own an iPhone and crack on BlackBerrys..  so that makes you a loser Apple fanboy.. just like your buddy Scroat and Max. 

      • Anonymous

        I used blackberry phones forever. I didn’t dislike them at the time but the second I got my iPhone I never wanted to touch a blackberry again. If push came to shove I could switch to whatever hot shot android phone was out there but couldn’t go to BB

        I enjoy cracking on BB market share just because it makes me laugh. I think they’re terrible (compared to android phones as well) and im always a bit shocked when I find out people choose to buy one on their own (vs being forced on someome by a company)

        You guys are way too sensititive if you think I was making fun of India. Stop being so defensive. That’s awesome that india buys so many phones. Consider this a pat on your/their collective back.

      • Applesucksfatties

        Considering the new BB7 devices (especially the Bold 9900), what does an iPhone or an Android phone do that a BB can’t?  Besides get hacked by 10 year olds and have a million fart apps to choose from?

    • PN009

      Well YOUR assumption that its just 47 users makes YOU look stupid. India happens to be the second largest Mobile market after China. So Second largest population coupled with second largest mobile market + one of the fastest growing economies should give you a number a lot larger than that.

      I read your comments about liking your iPhone – and that’s fine (you’r entitled to your own opinions) – but don’t make assumptions about countries when you know nothing about them. Cos then your opinions just make you look retarded – and I wouldn’t wish that even for an enemy. 

      • Anonymous

        Oops. I replied to my post rather than yours. Long story short, I made a joke about BB shrinking market share and wasn’t making fun of India. Relax.

    • PN009

      Think I’m being defensive – look at the comment from 123..

  • sroberts

    What is this the weekly world news? Is it only RIM that is under scrutiny? Likely not. This story is bigger than it sensational headline and should be editorialized to something of substance.

    Your article quality is sliding, please return to your older glory – “this is my next” needs the competition.

  • Justin Lisenby

    Yep. The terrorists are going to kill RIM and the BlackBerry!

    • Applesucksfatties

      Justin… shouldn’t you be over at Jonathan’s house?.. or Zach’s?  or both?

    • 123

      Yep those curry eating smelly Indians are going to kill RIM and Blackberry.

      True story, the sikhs in India have their BB pins written on thier turbans. They probably also hide weapons of mass destruction under there too.

  • Anonymous

    This is news from two days ago zach step it up

  • The Heavy

    I SPY VIT MY LITTLE EYE!

  • Applesucksfatties

    I’m curious as to what solution India’s Department of Telecommunications came to..  my guess is that they going to force everyone that owns a BlackBerry to use the newly announced i3GS+ version 2 and hire a bunch of 10 year olds to hack into their phones. 

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