The real issue that jumps out at me is that BB is assisting companies in side-stepping the MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty) which gives the Canadian govern

The real issue that jumps out at me is that BB is assisting companies in side-stepping the MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty) which gives the Canadian government the legal authority to obtain court orders on behalf of countries that are parties to mutual legal assistance agreements. As the article notes "U.S. law prohibits the likes of Apple, Facebook, and Google from intercepting communications on behalf of foreign agencies', in Canada it is not prohibited but should include MLAT [0] in the workflow, which would slow the process down and ensure some eyes on the request that don't have a commercial interest at stake. BB is receiving these request from foreign operators directly. For BB to seemingly satisfy these requests with such, well, gusto is disturbing to me, both as a Canadian as as someone who does still carry a work-issued BB (a Z30, it's a great mobile device!). [0] http://justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/emla-eej/mlatocan-ejaucan.html http://justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/emla-eej/mlatocan-ejaucan.htm...