Canadian Police Had BlackBerry�s Global Decryption Key since 2010

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Fri Apr 15 09:57:06 EDT 2016


FYI --

https://news.vice.com/article/exclusive-canada-police-obtained-blackberrys-global-decryption-key-how

Exclusive: Canadian Police Obtained BlackBerry’s Global Decryption Key

By Justin Ling and Jordan Pearson   April 14, 2016

A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal's criminal underworld shows that Canada's federal policing agency has had a global encryption key for BlackBerry devices since 2010.

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https://motherboard.vice.com/read/rcmp-blackberry-project-clemenza-global-encryption-key-canada

Exclusive: How Canadian Police Intercept and Read Encrypted BlackBerry Messages

Written by Jordan Pearson & Justin Ling

April 14, 2016 // 08:00 AM EST 

Imagine for a moment that everybody’s front door has the same key.  Now imagine that the police have a copy of that key, and can saunter into your living room to poke around your belongings while you’re out, and without your knowledge. 

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Oops!  Now every tin-pot government will want the same key...  That's why it's called a slippery slurp.




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