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 BlackBerrys 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 everybodys 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 youre 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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