Re: NY Times article on Blackberry

2010-08-10 Thread Jon Callas

On Aug 9, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

 Really quite mediocre coverage of Blackberry's security issues
 
 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/technology/09rim.html
 
 I especially fault them for having virtually no coverage of the
 position that would oppose removing security features for the benefit
 of law enforcement -- the fact that such alterations can seriously
 harm legitimate users is not mentioned at all.

Indeed, but there are also other things not being mentioned.

One is that there is an OpenPGP package available on all RIM devices, and if 
you are using that, you get true end-to-end crypto. 

Another is that one of the things that the Saudis definitely want is control 
over whether young men and young women are talking to each other, which is a 
threat to society far more pernicious than terrorism.

Jon


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NY Times article on Blackberry

2010-08-09 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Really quite mediocre coverage of Blackberry's security issues

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/technology/09rim.html

I especially fault them for having virtually no coverage of the
position that would oppose removing security features for the benefit
of law enforcement -- the fact that such alterations can seriously
harm legitimate users is not mentioned at all.

Perry
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Perry E. Metzgerpe...@piermont.com

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