Snowden Is BlackBerry Ltd (BBRY)�s Biggest Ally
I was reading this news about how the German Goverment is ditching iPhones for Blackberry since the NSA snooping over Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone. The German government bought 40,000 back in March. According to the German government other bodies have also taken to the Z10 since no foreign intelligence agency has succeeded in breaking the encryption on the phone. I don't know if this is only the phone or with the additional SecuSmart chip.
Also according to the news, Apple iPads have been banned from Cabinet meetings due to fears of foreign intelligence agencies bugging confidential meetings. It is feared China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan have developed the ability to turn mobiles into microphones and turn them into transmitters even when they are turned off, using a Trojan computer virus, this includes also de US. This could be enough reason for a Playbook come back?
I don't know that much about encryption but according to the news the SecuSmart is 128 bit AES. I believe Blackberry uses 256 bit AES for it's BES 10, so I don't know what the advantage of SecuSmart and the 128 bit. Blackberry should issue, I don't know if they already do, phones (name it Z10, Z30 or Q10) with additional security enhancements like this one, so they can pocket the $2K+. But in general these are great news.
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Snowden Is BlackBerry Ltd (BBRY)'s Biggest Ally
NSA Probably Couldn't Crack Merkel's BlackBerry
BlackBerry 10 with Enhanced Security Wins Hefty Order from Germany
How BlackBerry stands to benefit from NSA snooping allegations | Firstpost
German Government Moves to Beef Up Mobile Phone Security - SPIEGEL ONLINE