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Arabs are close to a deal with RIM
IT SEEMS that some Arab countries will not be banning the Blackberry after all.
There were fears that the Blackberry was about to be banned in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because it was too secure.
The middle eastern countries were concerned because their spooks could not get their paws on the messages sent on Crackberrys.
However after announcing that the gear was about to become a very expensive brick, it seems that there was some high level lobbying.
Now it appears that Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of Blackberrys, has agreed to stick a server in the UAE and funnel all Blackberry communications in the region through it. While the data will remain encrypted to and from the handsets, it will be in a place where the spooks can get it and read it all.
An official with one of Saudi Arabia's three licensed mobile operators told the BBC news that a deal had nearly been reached and his outfit was "in the process of adding the final touches." µ
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Unless those are actually tapping and deciphering and include a secure physical place for reading messages. Otherwise, any server could pass along data packets.
From the BBC link: "Officials said a deal was likely whereby the authorities would have access to decipher exchanged messages."
I bet RIM would attract way more business than would be lost based solely on the "we don't bend over for anyone" approach, which all proper business love.
I guess now all the crap about not having keys to read anything is just that ... crap.