RIM, the creator of BlackBerry, ensures users of its data services absolute security. The company has a reason to do so, because not everyone in the world is cheering secure data. Recently, two governments have complained.
This morning, the Wall Street Journal published an article about RIM, naming a letter to customers of the company. RIM is currently having troubles with the government of India about the encryption of data that is sent by BlackBerry users. Encrypted information can't be read by RIM, and definitely not by the government, the company says.
Nationale security
That's not a joy for all countries. Eavesdropping on mobile data is a much used way to find detect criminal behaviour. That won't work when you use one of the datas ervices that have been created for BlackBerry. It was reason for the United Arab Emirates to prohibit using a BlackBerry handset.
In the two most known Emirates that are part of the country, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, many Europeans and American are living. The local government wanted RIM to move its servers that store data to the country, making the data part of the law of the UAE.
Ongoing conversation with India
In India, there is not yet a law that prohibits using an BlackBerry. A ban would be a major drawback for RIM. India is home for a sixth part of all people on earth and has a growing economy with many chances. Rumours yesterday had that ROM is willing to make data available to the government of India, but the creator of the BlackBerry is denying such a deal.
Source: Online.wsj.com