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Originally Posted by yads
Why did this turn into a justify your blackberry thread? I don't have one, but I also don't get why all the fan boys are in here belittling all of the BlackBerry devotees. We don't like it when rival teams' fans show up and start telling us why the Flames suck. So let's just keep this to a BlackBerry news thread not the let's bash the BlackBerry thread.
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Last I looked, the latest Blackberry news is the encryption issue, underwhelming specs on their new phone and a Webkit browser. That's kinda what's being discussed.
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
There’s a bit more to BB encryption that just email flow - the device itself is strongly encrypted, a claim that Android and iP4 can’t make right now - the iPhone encryption is apparently trivially easy to crack.
BES ensures end-to-end encryption of data, whereas BIS does not.
Apparently, RIM will not disclose the private keys for individual devices, which means that even overseas in affected countries, your data on your handheld is secure (whether they’d torture you for it is another question I suppose), up until you send/receive data, probably, at which point the regional governments/law enforcement agencies will be able to snoop.
The reality of the situation is that if you needed absolutely secure communications between your office and your phone, you’re screwed. The other phones don’t offer the same level of on-board encrypted storage, and RIM can no longer guarantee end-to-end encryption in certain countries.
So RIM is, by default, the most secure today. As more and more governments demand access however, they will increasingly also be the emperor with no clothes.
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I hear you about the device encryption but it's kinda like BB's are totally secure until you actually use it for anything, then it's like any other phone. What's the point of maintaing this massive infrastructure of servers?