DoT Calls Complete Ban On BBM 'Undesirable', If RIM Complies – Firstpost
Popular smartphone manufacturer, RIM did have to face rough waters in India over security issues pertaining to its popular messenger service on their BlackBerry smartphones and corporate e-mail service - BlackBerry Enterprise Service. The Indian government in general and the telecom ministry in particular, had then asked the Canada-based, RIM to come clean with the interception keys to enable real-time tracking of the BBM and BlackBerry’s corporate e-mail services or face a complete ban. Ban imminent, unless RIM agrees Now, according to a report in the Times of India, RIM has been blessed with a little bit of good fortune. However, it adds that the complete ban is ‘undesirable’, only if RIM agrees to provide the security agencies with the encrypted data in a readable format.
DoT calls complete ban on BBM 'undesirable', if RIM complies – Firstpost
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