RIM In Trouble For Not Violating Privacy

sufijazz writes "The US government is not alone in wanting to snoop on everything citizens do over email/phone. The Indian government wants that right too. RIM is stating they have no means to decrypt, no master key, and no back door to allow the government to access email." The article notes that 114,000 BlackBerries are in use on the Indian subcontinent. The government is concerned about attacks by militants and sees the BlackBerry as a security risk.

Re:To quote the immortal Dick Cheney...

[Anarke_Incarnate]

He's only immortal until a ring of garlic is put around his neck, a stake driven into his heart and holy water sprinkled over the earth were he lays.

Come on, folks. This guy has a "Man Sized" safe in his office. What do you think he has in there? He has a man....to feed off of.

Biggety, libidinous bon mots?

[spun]

I don't want to go on a rant here, but this screed makes about as much sense as Beowulf having sex with Robert Fulton at the first battle of Antietam.
I mean when a neo-conservative defenestrates it's like Raskolnikov filibuster deoxymonohydroxinate.

Re:I have a better solution

[Anonymous Coward]

"they're worried about Muslim terrorists"

You mean like Rachel Ray?

Security Risk?

[jhouserizer]

If the Blackberry is a security risk, so is a pen.

Re:I have a better solution

[Reece400]

Oh no! Circular reference!

Cult: a small, unpopular religion

Religion: a large, popular cult

Re:I have a better solution

[jollyreaper]

"they're worried about Muslim terrorists"

You mean like Rachel Ray?

Exactly. But in her case, I'd demand that the test be she eat a popsicle, slowly. I'm not sure what this would prove but it would be fun to watch.

Re:This could set a precedent

[74nova]

I knew there had to be a way to slam America in this, nice work.

Re:Just to be a little bit paranoid

[zacronos]

Seriously, loosen the tin foil hats [...]

AHA! Clearly, you have a vested interest in whether I wear my tin foil hat or not!

Since you want me to take it off, it must work! That is, unless that's what you want me to think, and it actually acts as a locator so you can more easily trace my position. Or perhaps it's all a ruse to distract me from noticing something else even MORE sinister....

Yes, it's all becoming clear to me now. I'm on to you!

Re:To quote the immortal Dick Cheney...

[sm62704]

No, he's not a vampire, he's a Cyborg [wikipedia.org]. For that matter so am I [crystalens.com]. Neither garlic nor stakes will suffice. In fact, a steak through the heart is the likely cause of Cheney's becoming a cyborg [reference.com] in the first place!

You will be assimilated. Resistance is not only futile, when the time comes you will beg to join us.

Disclaimer: By "us" I mean cyborg, not Republican. I didn't vote for that particular cyborg and never would; I consider him and Bush to be traitors to my country. See what happens when you elect an alcoholic to the Presidency and Vice Presidency?

-mcgrew
PS- did I tell you that you would be assimilated? In fact you may already be a winner!

Re:Summary is indicative of the problem

[urcreepyneighbor]

GOVERNMENTS DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS OF ANY KIND.

I think we've got one of those freedom-loving, government-hating terrorists on our hands. Sir, please put your hands on your head....

Re:I have a better solution

[ArhcAngel]

Hillary Clinton is the Whore of Babylon

Are you sure it wasn't Bill?

Re:Friendly advise

[Anonymous Coward]

"As it stands your post is pretty easy to dismiss."

Says the AC...

says the other AC. this could get recursive...

Re:can't work even if they wanted it to

[Foobar of Borg]

So it can't be upside-down?

No, just an up-side, a down-side, a charm-side, a strange-side, a top-side and a bottom-side.

Re:Go Canada!

[Anonymous Coward]

I though we didn't have guns?

Re:can't work even if they wanted it to

[Mattcelt]

...and depending on the governments, they have varying amounts of spin.

Re:Biggety, libidinous bon mots?

[Anonymous Coward]

Arant is the country in between Iraq and Iran. Stupid Americans don't know geography.

Re:The gov't listens to everything

[Anonymous Coward]

At this point you're descending into left-wing kookiness, which is outside the scope of a technical discussion.

And I guess that is the point at which you descend into right-wing kookiness.

Re:can't work even if they wanted it to

[deimtee]

This is obviously the point at which we need to implement a standard model of government.