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When we were building the Groups feature of BBM back in 2009, a core feature of the new transport layer was device-to-device message encryption. I wonder if tha
by malexw 13y ago
When we were building the Groups feature of BBM back in 2009, a core feature of the new transport layer was device-to-device message encryption. I wonder if that's still a part of BBM, or if it's been stripped out since then... If messages are still encrypted, I'd install the new app on my Android phone just for that feature.
- pmelendez 13y agoDon't they got removed after India government complained it was too hard to hack? I remember they even threatened them with ban BBM on India.
- malexw 13y agoI don't know. I left RIM before that all unfolded. From what I recall, the Indian government was appeased by RIM offering to install a Relay in India, and giving the Indian government access to it. However, even having access to the Relay shouldn't compromise the integrity of encrypted BBM because it used peer-to-peer public/private key crypto. When you added a new contact, the devices would perform a handshake and exchange public keys, so even the Relay shouldn't be able to see cleartext BBM. This was a feature baked into the BBM app itself, built on top of the PIN message system, and separate from the encryption used in a BES environment. So did they shut off BBM encryption for the whole world? I wish I knew.