RIM Will Keep Indian Network (Quite) Secure
Last week, several Indian news outlets reported that RIM had given the go ahead for the Indian government to monitor the domestic BlackBerry network. Unsurprisingly there was an outcry by consumers and everyone else who isn’t a tinfoil-hat-wearing nutjob. RIM has backtracked and is now saying that it is committed to “serving security-conscious businesses in the Indian market”. This is a far cry from the previous plan, which was to allow Indian security agencies access to the network in exchange for taking the blame for any leak of user data.
The Indian government is not completely happy with this and is demanding that RIM gives it “satisfactory answers” to its security questions. Hopefully the fear of a consumer backlash will prevent RIM from completely selling out its customers. It’s still not clear how secure text messages are in India so, if you can restrain yourself, keep your anti-government sentiments to yourself.
Source: Engadget Mobile
Tags: BlackBerry, RIM
