Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader writes: Senate staffers will no longer be issued BlackBerry devices. According to Politico, a note sent to staffers on Wednesday said the Senate had no choice after BlackBerry decided to discontinue devices running its own BlackBerr… Continue reading Senate Staffers Will No Longer Be Issued BlackBerry Devices
AchilleTalon writes: BlackBerry CEO John Chen refuses to give up on the company’s hardware business despite lackluster sales of its first Android-powered smartphone, the Priv. The Canadian smartphone maker reported a $670 million net loss in the first … Continue reading BlackBerry Remains Committed To Smartphone Business, Despite $670M Net Loss In Last Three Months
The FCC and FTC are investigating the mobile industry’s practices for shipping updates to patch security vulnerabilities in mobile devices. Continue reading Mobile security updates are a mess. The FCC and FTC want to know why.
Independent encrypted network taken down, servers seized – cops claim it was a haven for crooks. Continue reading Police seize network behind encrypted BlackBerry PGP devices
Law enforcement continue to crack down on the criminal use of so-called PGP BlackBerrys. Continue reading Decrypted PGP BlackBerry Messages Helped Convict UK Gun Smugglers
Last week, there was a big news story about the BlackBerry encryption key. The news was that all BlackBerry devices share a global encryption key, and that the Canadian RCMP has a copy of it. Stupid design, certainly, but it’s not news. As the Register points out, this has been repeatedly reported on since 2010. And note that this only… Continue reading BlackBerry’s Global Encryption Key
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including BlackBerry CEO’s stance on lawful access principles, the FBI/Apple hearing, Viber adding end-to-end crypto, Teslacrypt, and more.
Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, April 22, 2016
Servers routing messages were seized in the Netherlands and Canada and a man arrested on suspicion of money laundering. Continue reading Dutch and Canadian Police Seize ‘Criminal’ Encrypted Smartphone Network
BlackBerry’s CEO defended the actions it took to provide Canadian law enforcement with what it needed to decrypt communications between devices. Continue reading BlackBerry CEO Defends Lawful Access Principles, Supports Phone Hack
BlackBerry admits helping Canadian police decrypt messages, says BES is out of their reach
As Microsoft and Apple wage very public fights to protect user data on devices and in the cloud from what they say is overreaching government requests, BlackBerry has taken a very different public stance, confirming reports that the company helped decrypt users’ messages and saying it believed technology companies should act as “good corporate citizens.”
Continue reading BlackBerry on helping police decrypt: “We stood by our lawful access principles”