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RIM creates 4 main principles of “lawful” access

By on August 13, 2010 at 12:54pm in Mobile News

Both the Saudi Arabian and Indian government have been giving RIM the gears over the past couple weeks over security concerns. They’ve threatened at one point or another to shut down the BlackBerry service if RIM doesn’t comply with their security requirements, specifically when it comes to BBM, internet browser and e-mail. RIM has issued a statement that outlines 4 basic points where they would allow “lawful” access:

1. The carriers’ capabilities be limited to the strict context of lawful access and national security requirements as governed by the country’s judicial oversight and rules of law.

2. The carriers’ capabilities must be technology and vendor neutral, allowing no greater access to BlackBerry consumer services than the carriers and regulators already impose on RIM’s competitors and other similar communications technology companies.

3. No changes to the security architecture for BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers since, contrary to any rumors, the security architecture is the same around the world and RIM truly has no ability to provide its customers’ encryption keys. Also driving RIM’s position is the fact that strong encryption is a fundamental commercial requirement for any country to attract and maintain international business anyway and similarly strong encryption is currently used pervasively in traditional VPNs on both wired and wireless networks in order to protect corporate and government communications.

4. RIM maintains a consistent global standard for lawful access requirements that does not include special deals for specific countries.

Source: RIM
via: IntoMobile & BBCool

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4 comments for “RIM creates 4 main principles of “lawful” access”

  1. I like the 4th rule. No special deals for specific countries. Good job RIM. You get my vote.

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    Posted by apowerranger | August 13, 2010, 1:12 pm
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  2. Thank you RIM. While other companies are selling out (i.e Apple and now Google) you have stuck to your guns and maintained your original position.

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    Posted by Justin Lee | August 13, 2010, 1:23 pm
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  3. It doesn’t really matter what RIM wants people to believe since “lawful” is whatever the law says. In other words, if the law in Saudi Arabia says that the government has the right to look into every email, then that’s “lawful” and okay according to their statement above.

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    Posted by J.A.G. | August 13, 2010, 7:08 pm
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  4. Has everyone lost their minds ??? Please read any news article about this issue: RIM is trying to look like they are NOT allowing their message data stacks … when in fact THEY ARE !!! There has been some serious soul searching in RIM headquarters this past July and August and unfortunately they decided to kneel down and suck the toes of well-known dictatorships for money. Well the joke is on RIM…why ? … because the Saudis, UAE, and other regimes will get their way, and RiM will lose the only corporate trump card they had over the Apple iPhone: security !!! Why in the world would anyone buy a RIM product with its crappy screens, caveman OS, ridiculous apps ecosystem, minimalist developer community, and gaping security issues when traveling abroad and thru the Middle East. Just watch more and more companies buy the iPhone 4 for their rank and file and just watch RIM’s share price tailspin into oblovion. Canadian business – what an oxymoron ! What did I want RIM to do??? Simple: never waiver from the level off excellence that your brand’s security features are known for.

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    Posted by Scarlet Pimpernel | August 14, 2010, 8:40 am
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