BlackBerry says India can’t access encrypted data
In a recent statement, the BlackBerry-maker, Research In Motion (RIM), attacked The Economic Times’ report which said RIM had agreed to the installment of “a network data analysis system” in India, in an attempt to settle a security dispute with regulators.
Rebuffing the report from The Economic Times, RIM stated: “Unfortunately, the story in The Economic Times contains inaccurate and misleading information, presumably as a result of confusion over terminology and a lack of understanding about the different security models inherent in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES).”
Further, reiterating that the company does not intend making any changes to the BES’ security model, RIM said also denied that it is facing a January 31 deadline for compliance.
The RIM statement noted that the Indian government has “accepted and acknowledged” that the concerns pertaining to the use of strong encryption for corporate and government data is not an issue that affects that BlackBerry handsets alone; and that legalized access to such encrypted data is actually an industry matter.