Indian Government Unhappy With RIM’s Solution For Spying On Blackberry Users

Indian Government Unhappy With RIM’s Solution For Spying On Blackberry Users: "

The ongoing struggle between RIM and data-hungry government surveillance programs is starting to look more like a soap opera than a political drama. After RIM caved to India and began offering a method to intercept Blackberry Messenger messages within that country, the government has decided that the tools they’ve been given aren’t good enough.

“We have manual access to the messenger service. We want automated access and we are hopeful of getting it from January 1,” said G.K. Pillai, India’s home secretary. Apparently, and anyone who reads this site could have told Mr. Pillai this (and RIM did so), the communications they have been enabled to intercept are encrypted with keys RIM cannot provide, because it does not have them. India is attempting to squeeze blood from a stone.

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