Currently, India's Ministry of Home Affairs has refused to grant any further liscenses for Blackberrys because they fear the encryption of the popular device's e-mail application. Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, BPL Mobile, Reliance Communications are the four domestic mobile operators that have been granted permission to test how the users e-mail is routed over the next month. Messages sent through the Blackberry systems are licensed to mobile operators by Research in Motion (RIM), a Canadian company. The Indian government is worried about their ability to lawfully access Blackberry's encrypted system since messages are sent between a handful of secure servers all based outside India. Britain trusts the Blackberry application and RIM claims the system is impregnable, but France has banned its MPs and advisers from using them. RIM claims that this was caused by false rumors speculating that messages can be intercepted and read by the National Security Agency in the U.S. or other 'spy' organizations. Should Blackberry users like myself beware?
- Michelle O'Meara
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