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The French Try To Enforce BlackBerry Ban

June 20, 2007 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

French officials have been banned from using BlackBerry devices due to concerns that U.S. agencies such as the NSA could access sensitive information. French security experts don’t like the fact that all BlackBerry messages run through servers in in the UK and the United States which poses a security threat.

The BlackBerry Ban, however, isn’t going over all that well with French officials. “They tried to offer us something else to replace our BlackBerries but it doesn’t work and some people are using their BlackBerry in secret.”

BlackBerry messages are encrypted and cannot be analyzed and their source cannot be determined. If, however, some French officials are using BlackBerrys in secret, French security analysts have more to worry about than the U.S. listening in.

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  1. BBAdmin says

    June 20, 2007 at 11:51 am

    How stupid, sounds like our neighbours (the French)!!!

    Did nobody tell them how easy it is for a Government to tap in to mobile phone calls…they should be more worried about that.

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  2. sort of kidding says

    June 20, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    I wonder if security-sensitive personnel (in any country) utilize baby monitors for the children? I so, I wonder how much crap is leaked through them? Perhaps the French can ban baby monitors too.

    Just kidding, sort of.

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