Your Private messages in BBM is no longer Private. Indian Government To Launch BlackBerry Messenger Snooping System Soon.
After
a battle lasting almost two years, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion
has knuckled under to the Indian government, giving security forces in
that country access to private instant messages.
RIM decided to set up Blackberry servers that were stationed in Mumbai, India. Capture and crack BBM messages will be used strictly on snoop on devices whose users are suspected of engaging in criminal or terrorist activity.
After
a battle lasting almost two years, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion
has knuckled under to the Indian government, giving security forces in
that country access to private instant messages.RIM decided to set up Blackberry servers that were stationed in Mumbai, India. Capture and crack BBM messages will be used strictly on snoop on devices whose users are suspected of engaging in criminal or terrorist activity.
Not only has the Indian government gotten their way with the
Blackberry servers, but they will now be able to tap into BBM
messages. This was confirmed by Indian security agencies who revealed
that the process to decrypt the 256-bit encrypted data used by BBM is
underway and would be up and running soon, claiming that the
interception of BBM messages will be used in case where the government
suspects that crimes or terror plots are being hatched.
It should also be noted that the tapping of BBM only affects those
on BIS as BES encryption keys are specific to every installation, while
BIS’ encryption key is shared. While India may be the first country
granted official access to some of RIM’s data.
—“Once a company does it for one country, what’s stopping other countries from asking for it?”
Source : ThehackerNews , Techcrunch
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