[ISN] BlackBerry announces answer to India security fear

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:53:44 -0600 (CST)
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/blackberry-announces-answer-to-india-security-fear-20110113-19px8.html

By Ammu Kannampilly
smh.com.au
January 13, 2011

The Canadian maker of BlackBerry said Thursday it had found a way out of 
an ongoing standoff in India over allowing security agencies access to 
the smartphone's encrypted messaging service.

However, the solution did not include providing access to corporate 
e-mail services, Research In Motion (RIM) said in a statement.

India had given RIM until January 31 to come up with a solution that 
would permit its intelligence agencies to monitor encrypted data -- amid 
concerns in New Delhi that militants may use the services to plan and 
carry out attacks.

In its statement, RIM said its revised access capability "meets the 
standard required by the government of India for all consumer messaging 
services".

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