So India Wanted to Intercept Email…
How many readers want their country to be able to easily read their emails? Hands? I didn’t think so. India has backed off its earlier threat to ban RIM’s(Research In Motion) Blackberry service because the government could not easily intercept emails sent from a Blackberry. The Indian Government came back to its senses but still wants to pressure RIM into providing the encryption codes to the government so that it can “eavesdrop” if it so desires.
Most Blackberry’s are used for business. Businesses want their emails to be secure and difficult to read. If India insists on being able to read all Blackberry emails, then businesses are going to avoid using the Blackberry Service. Beyond that however is the issue of the Indian Governments demand to be able to snoop at will through business emails. This affects not just Blackberry but other services as well. The use of any Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and iPhone smart phone will potentially be required to be open to Government interception and spying.
India’s insistence on reading emails sent by phone, implies that they already have easy access to emails and other information sent over the Internet or that they will soon seek easy access. This type of government interference makes businesses question the security of their interactions and customers question the security of their purchases.
In contrast, Australia recently declared that RIM had passed all of the security requirements of the Australian Defense Signals Directorate (DSD). RIM worked closely with the DSD to make sure that all security requirements were met and all security as tight as possible.
India is a huge market and as such creates a strong incentive for businesses to market their services and products. If the Indian government decides that a company must bend to its will, many companies will comply. It will be interesting to see how RIM addresses the government’s concern while still providing a high level of security for all of its users.
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March 15th, 2008
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March 26th, 2008
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August 4th, 2008
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