BlackBerry to give partial access
BlackBerry mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to provide security agencies partial access to its messenger services by September 1.
The company also promised to allow complete assess to the security establishment by end of this year. RIM’s decision came in the backdrop of the government issuing ultimatum to the company to stop its services unless it came up with a technical solution to the issue of interception of its services by August 31.
Initially, BlackBerry, which has around 10 lakh customers in India, had agreed to provide manual details to law enforcement agencies and the same would be made available by the year-end, the sources said.
The Canadian smartphone maker had proposed certain ways to address India’s security concerns over BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) and BlackBerry Messenger Services (BBM).
Sources said RIM told government officials that they would have to find some technical solution to BES as they themselves do not have “key” to break the encrypted messages.
