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The Blackberry privacy vs security debate
The threat by the United Arab Emirates to shut down mobile services on BlackBerrys like e-mail and text messaging underscores a growing tension between communications companies and governments over how to balance privacy with national security.While communications companies want to...
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Saudi Arabia overturns BlackBerry ban, allows messenger service
Saudi Arabia's telecommunications watchdog has announced that it would allow BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service to continue operation citing "positive developments" with the device's Canadian manufacturer.The Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) confirmed in a statement that it had changed its...
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Will India ban the Blackberry?
It is literally the lifeline for corporates across the world, but now Blackberry services could be banned in India if the company fails to comply with Indian security norms.With barely hours left for a decision, intelligence agencies are confident that...
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Users confused: To buy or not to buy a Blackberry
Yamini Panth, 24, was hoping to buy a BlackBerry phone with her first salary. A part of computer major Dell's corporate communications team, she saw in the device all the services she needed -- e-mail, messenger, SMS and voice.Now she...
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Suspension of BlackBerry service may not give solution: Canada
Stating that security concerns are not specific to BlackBerry alone, Canada is understood to have told India that suspension of services may not yield any result.The government has imposed a deadline of August 31 asking BlackBerry maker Research in Motion...
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Now porn trouble in Indonesia for BlackBerry
Indonesia has threatened to close BlackBerry service in the country if it refuses to block pornographic content. Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Tuesday that he had requested the Canada- based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry,...
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Will India's surveillance plan deter business?
In the United States, law enforcement and security agencies have raised privacy concerns with a new proposal for electronic eavesdropping powers to track terrorists and criminals and unscramble their encrypted messages. But here in India, government authorities are well beyond...
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Banning BlackBerry service will be counterproductive, says RIM
BlackBerry makers have cautioned the government that any ban of their core services will be counterproductive and futile and instead suggested that a joint consultative forum be formed to evolve procedures to intercept these popular services.Virtually refusing to provide a technology for lawful interception, the Canada-based Research in Motio...
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Will India's surveillance plan deter business?
In the United States, law enforcement and security agencies have raised privacy concerns with a new proposal for electronic eavesdropping powers to track terrorists and criminals and unscramble their encrypted messages. But here in India, government authorities are well beyond the proposal stage. Prompted by fears of digital-era plotters, officials...
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Now porn trouble in Indonesia for BlackBerry
Indonesia has threatened to close BlackBerry service in the country if it refuses to block pornographic content. Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Tuesday that he had requested the Canada- based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, to block adult content for its service in the country, Xinhua said, cit...
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Suspension of BlackBerry service may not give solution: Canada
Stating that security concerns are not specific to BlackBerry alone, Canada is understood to have told India that suspension of services may not yield any result.The government has imposed a deadline of August 31 asking BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to either provide a solution for monitoring encrypted data or shut shop.Sources in-the-k...
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BlackBerry service suspension may not give solution: Canada
Stating that security concerns are not specific to BlackBerry alone, Canada is understood to have told India that suspension of services may not yield any result.The government has imposed a deadline of August 31 asking BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to either provide a solution for monitoring encrypted data or shut shop.Sources in-the-k...
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Vodafone tells subscribers about possible BlackBerry disruption
Leading mobile phone operator Vodafone has cautioned its subscribers of a disruption of email and messenger services after August 31 in the face of a government deadline to ban BlackBerry's encrypted services if security agencies are not given access.The caution came within hours of the government saying that a solution to monitoring of BlackBerry ...
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Users confused: To buy or not to buy a Blackberry
Yamini Panth, 24, was hoping to buy a BlackBerry phone with her first salary. A part of computer major Dell's corporate communications team, she saw in the device all the services she needed -- e-mail, messenger, SMS and voice.Now she is confused like many others, after the government set Aug 31 as the deadline to access the security features of th...
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India's BlackBerry offensive widens to Google, Skype: Report
India's showdown with BlackBerry could reportedly widen to encompass Google and Skype after the government threatened to cut off core features of the popular smartphone on security grounds.Research In Motion, the BlackBerry's Canadian maker, gave no immediate indication that it would accede to the latest pressure from an emerging economy to open up...
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The Blackberry privacy vs security debate
The threat by the United Arab Emirates to shut down mobile services on BlackBerrys like e-mail and text messaging underscores a growing tension between communications companies and governments over how to balance privacy with national security.While communications companies want to...
-
Saudi Arabia overturns BlackBerry ban, allows messenger service
Saudi Arabia's telecommunications watchdog has announced that it would allow BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service to continue operation citing "positive developments" with the device's Canadian manufacturer.The Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) confirmed in a statement that it had changed its...
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Will India ban the Blackberry?
It is literally the lifeline for corporates across the world, but now Blackberry services could be banned in India if the company fails to comply with Indian security norms.With barely hours left for a decision, intelligence agencies are confident that...
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Users confused: To buy or not to buy a Blackberry
Yamini Panth, 24, was hoping to buy a BlackBerry phone with her first salary. A part of computer major Dell's corporate communications team, she saw in the device all the services she needed -- e-mail, messenger, SMS and voice.Now she...
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Suspension of BlackBerry service may not give solution: Canada
Stating that security concerns are not specific to BlackBerry alone, Canada is understood to have told India that suspension of services may not yield any result.The government has imposed a deadline of August 31 asking BlackBerry maker Research in Motion...
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Now porn trouble in Indonesia for BlackBerry
Indonesia has threatened to close BlackBerry service in the country if it refuses to block pornographic content. Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Tuesday that he had requested the Canada- based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry,...
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Will India's surveillance plan deter business?
In the United States, law enforcement and security agencies have raised privacy concerns with a new proposal for electronic eavesdropping powers to track terrorists and criminals and unscramble their encrypted messages. But here in India, government authorities are well beyond...
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Banning BlackBerry service will be counterproductive, says RIM
BlackBerry makers have cautioned the government that any ban of their core services will be counterproductive and futile and instead suggested that a joint consultative forum be formed to evolve procedures to intercept these popular services.Virtually refusing to provide a technology for lawful interception, the Canada-based Research in Motio...
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Will India's surveillance plan deter business?
In the United States, law enforcement and security agencies have raised privacy concerns with a new proposal for electronic eavesdropping powers to track terrorists and criminals and unscramble their encrypted messages. But here in India, government authorities are well beyond the proposal stage. Prompted by fears of digital-era plotters, officials...
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Now porn trouble in Indonesia for BlackBerry
Indonesia has threatened to close BlackBerry service in the country if it refuses to block pornographic content. Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said Tuesday that he had requested the Canada- based Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry, to block adult content for its service in the country, Xinhua said, cit...
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Suspension of BlackBerry service may not give solution: Canada
Stating that security concerns are not specific to BlackBerry alone, Canada is understood to have told India that suspension of services may not yield any result.The government has imposed a deadline of August 31 asking BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to either provide a solution for monitoring encrypted data or shut shop.Sources in-the-k...
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BlackBerry service suspension may not give solution: Canada
Stating that security concerns are not specific to BlackBerry alone, Canada is understood to have told India that suspension of services may not yield any result.The government has imposed a deadline of August 31 asking BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) to either provide a solution for monitoring encrypted data or shut shop.Sources in-the-k...
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Vodafone tells subscribers about possible BlackBerry disruption
Leading mobile phone operator Vodafone has cautioned its subscribers of a disruption of email and messenger services after August 31 in the face of a government deadline to ban BlackBerry's encrypted services if security agencies are not given access.The caution came within hours of the government saying that a solution to monitoring of BlackBerry ...
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Users confused: To buy or not to buy a Blackberry
Yamini Panth, 24, was hoping to buy a BlackBerry phone with her first salary. A part of computer major Dell's corporate communications team, she saw in the device all the services she needed -- e-mail, messenger, SMS and voice.Now she is confused like many others, after the government set Aug 31 as the deadline to access the security features of th...
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India's BlackBerry offensive widens to Google, Skype: Report
India's showdown with BlackBerry could reportedly widen to encompass Google and Skype after the government threatened to cut off core features of the popular smartphone on security grounds.Research In Motion, the BlackBerry's Canadian maker, gave no immediate indication that it would accede to the latest pressure from an emerging economy to open up...
