Interception of BlackBerry Internet Messages
Interception of BlackBerry Internet Messages
Sep, 2008 NEW DELHI: The government has decrypted the data on Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry networks. The department of telecommunication (DoT), Intelligence Bureau and security agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) have done tests on service providers such as Bharti Airtel, BPL Mobile, Reliance Communications and Vodafone-Essar networks for interception of Internet messages from BlackBerry to non-BlackBerry devices. Initially, there were difficulties in cracking the same on Vodafone-Essar network but that has also been solved. This means that the e-mail messages sent on Internet through your BlackBerry sets would no longer be exclusive and government would be able to track them. "Decompression is being tested in operator's network with three successful testing on Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communication and BPL Mobile, a source in DoT said. He, however, added that the solution reached upon would not be shared with anybody including the national telecom service providers like BSNL or MTNL. The test is being conducted wholly for non-enterprise solutions, he said. The Union cabinet has also been apprised of the recent developments by the DoT. Makers of BlackBerry set, RIM, could not be contacted for comment. An e-mail sent in this regard the company did not elicit any response till the time of going for press. An official in Vodafone-Essar, however, on conditions of anonymity said that there has been substantial progress in decoding the BlackBerry encryptions and DoT has got success on decompressing the data on the networks of all the major service providers. By Niranjan Bharati
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