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True. The messages were encrypted, but ye if RIM went down, no email for you. Even if your email server was working fine.
by amaccuish 7y ago
True. The messages were encrypted, but ye if RIM went down, no email for you. Even if your email server was working fine.
- scarface74 7y agoWell, it being encrypted doesn’t help when RIM had the encryption keys and would give them up to any government entity. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/blackberry_givi_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/blackberry_gi... https://www.engadget.com/2016/04/18/blackberry-ceo-wont-say-whether-he-gave-up-encryption-keys/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/04/18/blackberry-ceo-wont-say-...
- amaccuish 7y agoSo that applied to consumer users. When connecting via BES, the connection was end to end encrypted, RIM never had the keys.