Blackberry Shenanigans
Jul 25th 2010 | 6:17 am
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Blackberry Shenanigans
Jul 25th 2010 | 6:54 pm
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Re: Blackberry Shenanigans
Jul 26th 2010 | 3:13 am
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Re: Blackberry Shenanigans
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates has declared BlackBerry smartphones a potential threat to national security, saying the devices operate beyond the jurisdiction of national laws and are open to misuse.
It said that BlackBerry devices operate "beyond the jurisdiction" of national laws because they immediately send data abroad to be "managed by a foreign, commercial organization."
That is apparently a reference to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's system of relaying data such as e-mail messages to network servers that are separate from those operated by local mobile providers.
It said that BlackBerry devices operate "beyond the jurisdiction" of national laws because they immediately send data abroad to be "managed by a foreign, commercial organization."
That is apparently a reference to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion's system of relaying data such as e-mail messages to network servers that are separate from those operated by local mobile providers.
They seem peeved that servers under their control can be sidestepped. Do they really think it is possible to control what people read and transmit.
Jul 31st 2010 | 1:21 am
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_emirates_blackberry
They seem peeved that servers under their control can be sidestepped. Do they really think it is possible to control what people read and transmit.
They seem peeved that servers under their control can be sidestepped. Do they really think it is possible to control what people read and transmit.
I think it's literally just BBM they're freaking out about.
