No, they're holding their collective breath. This is not good PR for Apple (nor for Android, when the storm hits them), but it's probably not be enough to scare consumers or businesses back to the Blackberry platform, and RIM is just way behind in public perception - because few people actually care about actual security.
Kurt On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 14:34, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > RIM execs are laughing behind closed doors..... > > John W. Cook > System Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Office (352) 244-1610 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exactly what I've been worrying about... > > http://www.neowin.net/news/senate-summons-apple-and-google-over-mobile-privacy > > and Microsoft's word on WP7:- > > " unequivocally that phones running Windows Phone 7 do not store location > history. Like most other phones, the platform offers plenty of location-based > apps, and those apps require user consent before they begin tracking. Windows > Phones also offer the common feature of a "global switch" that lets the user > disable all location services, and Microsoft says its "Find My Phone" service > keeps only the phone's most recent location" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 25 April 2011 2:29 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exactly what I've been worrying about... > > Privacy Act of 1974, comes to mind. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Act_of_1974 > > > Unfortuntely the Patriot Act give substantial powers to the FBI > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act > > "The Act dramatically reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies' > ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and > other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within > the United States" > > So try and keep you data private, but with these powers there is a good > possibility the GOV't could come after citizens of the US for an alleged > transgression of the Patriot Act. > > "The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic > terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT > Act's expanded law enforcement powers can be applied" > > Z > > > Edward E. Ziots > CISSP, Network +, Security + > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email:[email protected] > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exactly what I've been worrying about... > > No laws in the US enforce any organization to tell citizens if they keep > personal sensitive data? > > Miguel > > --- El dom, 24/4/11, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> escribió: > >> De: Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> >> Asunto: RE: Exactly what I've been worrying about... >> Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> >> Fecha: domingo, 24 de abril, 2011 10:47 Where are the keys stored that >> do the symmetric encryption? ( On the device, therefore loss of >> physical security will lead to loss of the information on the device) >> ( they all suffer this issue, the keys being stored on the device >> doesn't really cut it) >> >> Z >> >> Edward E. Ziots >> CISSP, Network +, Security + >> Network Engineer >> Lifespan Organization >> Email:[email protected] >> Cell:401-639-3505 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sean Rector [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 9:29 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Exactly what I've been worrying about... >> >> Actually, Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) has the ability to encrypt the >> phone now. >> >> Sean Rector, MCSE >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:51 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Exactly what I've been worrying about... >> >> Quite a while, I suspect. I'd guess that encrypting the phone is going >> to be a very difficult proposition, if you want the phone to actually >> work. >> >> Something like Good's GFE would be useful, but it doesn't cover a lot >> of what can be slurped by this device. >> >> About the only thing I can think of (and I'm no expert, so this is a >> wild guess) would be an easily removable memory chip that would >> contain a key, and without which the phone would be unusable. 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