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They don't even have the keys to turn over for BES (unless there are backdoors) This article refers to BIS... the consumer servers. Once the server is on fore

They don't even have the keys to turn over for BES (unless there are backdoors) This article refers to BIS... the consumer servers. Once the server is on foreign soil, its governed by local law. That's the way the world works.

mtgx 11y ago
Which is one of the reasons BlackBerry would rather leave the country than piss off its customers by telling them they can't use their own keys anymore. They're more than happy to give up the one and only consumer BBM key, as they've already done for India and Saudi Arabia, and possibly other countries as well that we don't know about. As the company's COO said a couple of weeks ago, BlackBerry supports "lawful intercept" for their products and services: http://fedscoop.com/blackberry-taking-balanced-approach-to-encryption-lawful-intercept http://fedscoop.com/blackberry-taking-balanced-approach-to-e... And by the way, the article is inaccurate/outdated. BlackBerry already said it will delay the exit (probably indefinitely) as the Pakistan government has already extended its BES shutdown by another month, and probably also indefinitely, as I don't think it wanted BlackBerry to actually leave the country, but it hoped it could scare it into giving it access. This also tells us companies (including BlackBerry in other countries) shouldn't be so quick to "pee in their pants" (as another famous executive quote once said, even though I know he meant something different) as soon as governments start threatening them with a shutdown unless they provide backdoors or stop using strong encryption. Instead, they should do the right thing and always fight for their customers (including regular consumers, not just enterprise customers), even if that means using the final option of leaving the country (but it often won't be the case).

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They don't even have the keys to turn over for BES (unless there are backdoors) This article refers to BIS... the consumer servers. Once the server is on fore

by shawn-butler 11y ago

mtgx 11y ago
Which is one of the reasons BlackBerry would rather leave the country than piss off its customers by telling them they can't use their own keys anymore. They're more than happy to give up the one and only consumer BBM key, as they've already done for India and Saudi Arabia, and possibly other countries as well that we don't know about. As the company's COO said a couple of weeks ago, BlackBerry supports "lawful intercept" for their products and services: http://fedscoop.com/blackberry-taking-balanced-approach-to-encryption-lawful-intercept http://fedscoop.com/blackberry-taking-balanced-approach-to-e... And by the way, the article is inaccurate/outdated. BlackBerry already said it will delay the exit (probably indefinitely) as the Pakistan government has already extended its BES shutdown by another month, and probably also indefinitely, as I don't think it wanted BlackBerry to actually leave the country, but it hoped it could scare it into giving it access. This also tells us companies (including BlackBerry in other countries) shouldn't be so quick to "pee in their pants" (as another famous executive quote once said, even though I know he meant something different) as soon as governments start threatening them with a shutdown unless they provide backdoors or stop using strong encryption. Instead, they should do the right thing and always fight for their customers (including regular consumers, not just enterprise customers), even if that means using the final option of leaving the country (but it often won't be the case).