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Cheers bro, at least its made the main page on CB as a news article so more people can be aware its going on, I'm a big advocate of privacy rights, and this doesn't sit well with me at all, from the point of the network and possibly even the dealings of the manufacturer, it all seems a bit shady to me.
Sad really
07-15-09 09:49 AM - New Information available from El Reg
BlackBerry snoopers can explain everything - The Register
Register is really piling on the coverage due to someone
asking them to get into more detail on it 
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07-15-09 12:32 PM - It appears that someone might of found a work around on BlackBerrycool.com. I am in the UAE and have tried it but waiting the results, so far can recieve email and calls testing send now. Try at your own risk but it seems to work for now - I will revert when I get the battery life out. The only problem now is that I cannot get this "update" off the phone.
1- go to options
2- select advanced options
3- select Applications
4- press the menu button
5- under which select "modules"
6-start typing the word "registration"
7- once found press the menu button again
8- under which select "edit permissions"
9- select all three options to deny, you should end up with the following
+ Conection Deny
+ Interactions Deny
+ User Data Deny
10- once done press the menu button again
11- select save
it is important to save the settings. the bb will ask you to reboot to accept the changes made.
the poster states this has solved his problem for the most part but, it is still only a work around.
the main issue is that as I travel to another regions with this horrible code in the phone will it take that information and use it?
it really sucks to buy a bold then have this happen 3 weeks later
Rgds,07-16-09 06:15 AM - Here's the story link.... AP: UAE calls BlackBerrys a “security threat” � Boy Genius Report
Sounds to me like the pot calling the kettle black.
All these countries that want to peer in on BBM talks which is believed that most current tech savvy terrorists are using to pass info from person to person since it's encrypted communications (unlike the calls and text messages they used in the past). The thing is, the countries wanting to do this are of the same descent of said terrorists.
I'm not saying all Arabs are terrorists here, but what I find interesting is that governments will say they are trying to safeguard the people's interests by having a back door in to do so. Well, what's to keep them from using that back door for evil impacts as well? It's like the Chinese wanting a back door into Google's servers to safeguard/wall garden the searches for the people in that country. Heck, the last time I checked, most hacks happen from China, so why open the door to the hacks to begin with?
Seriously, I'm all for security and not wanting RIM to truncate or sift through my data to begin with, but if I was RIM, I'd give these fracks the finger, just like they did to the Indian government. Frack em! If they want to play those games, use a SAT phone to call in your bombings. lol
BTW, why do you think so many countries want the encryption keys to RIM's data network and a back door in? Simple, the majority of the US and other countries use BBs as their form of safe communication. Get a way into that infrastructure and you pretty much have everyone by the balls. I've said it before... RIM's NOC is both their biggest asset and their biggest weakness. One security blow to that place and we're all up isht's creek without a paddle. And no, we're not talking BBM is down for 24 hours here, we're talking anything from global outages or trade and state secrets being out in the public eye of other countries. I still don't understand why everyone thinks RIM's networks are so secure... I guess it's the same mentality that's applied to Swiss Banks.Last edited by JRSCCivic98; 07-26-10 at 12:56 PM.
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