| Why would India have an interest to access | | | | having extra-marital affairs and uses a Blackberry |
| Blackberry user data? 12 million units of | | | | phone. In this case, important evidence obtained |
| Blackberry phones have been purchased | | | | through tracking of communication devices are |
| worldwide. And since the one requesting the | | | | obliterated. |
| change in the security system is India, the fastest | | | | An additional instance is during the occurrence of |
| growing wireless market and an important | | | | corporate fraud. Fake parties involving themselves |
| recipient of the products, will RIM give in to their | | | | in the transaction will render important evidence |
| demands or risk being banned? As plenty of | | | | of communication wasted. If you are however, a |
| countries request RIM for encryption codes for | | | | high ranking official in a company, the Blackberry |
| access to the Blackberry messenger data, the | | | | can be positively used as a tool to protect your |
| company making this smartphone unit is placed in | | | | conversation with organisations you are |
| hot waters. The security feature of its messaging | | | | associated with. If you are a government |
| is the one of the selling points of the product. The | | | | employee who needs to regularly transmit |
| company even promoted its messenger system | | | | sensitive information, the Blackberry is the most |
| as a way to express yourself — your | | | | appropriate device for you. |
| way - which is also the point of the circulating | | | | The case is also a bit different if you are, for |
| Blackberry advertisement today. | | | | example, President Barack Obama, since using a |
| In the past few weeks, the news of Middle East | | | | Blackberry would mean a security assured |
| imposing prohibition on the use of Blackberry | | | | communication with all of your contacts. President |
| phones manufactured by a Canadian firm called | | | | Obama was a certified Blackberry enthusiast |
| Research in Motion (RIM), has been the subject of | | | | even before he won the presidential seat. But |
| argumentations. The same phone is also a subject | | | | news have leaked that the president is now |
| of concern to India, which manifested its idea of | | | | getting over his Blackberry hype. For the |
| modifying the degree of restriction on the e-mail | | | | president, having a limited number of contacts |
| and messaging aspects of the handset. | | | | who can message you might have spurned the |
| Many have reacted to the opinion of these two | | | | enjoyment of having the phone. |
| countries regarding the RIM. Having access to the | | | | One notable thing to raise regarding this is that, if |
| Blackberry owner's data is the most important | | | | the United States president's Blackberry has been |
| point here. But why would India have an interest | | | | tweaked to give added security, this must mean |
| to access user data? | | | | that the Blackberry messaging features also have |
| In 2008, the terrorist attack in Mumbai with 166 | | | | loopholes. |
| death casualties in a two-day resistance triggered | | | | A total of 12 million units of Blackberry phones |
| a major rehash on the security measures of the | | | | have been purchased worldwide. And since the |
| place. The suspicion of police investigators is that | | | | one requesting the change in the security system |
| the culprits had used Blackberry phones to initiate | | | | is India, the fastest growing wireless market and |
| communication, and take advantage of the | | | | an important recipient of the products, will RIM |
| phone's encrypted communication feature. | | | | give in to their demands or risk being banned? |
| Form a private investigator's view, the Blackberry | | | | The debate continues as updated technologies, like |
| encryption is is painstakingly hard to pry open and | | | | the Skype messaging tool or the commonly |
| may be a stumbling block to investigations. A | | | | utilised electronic mail providers like Gmail or |
| simple illustration for this is when a spouse is | | | | Yahoomail, pose new challenges and add ons. |