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Who says BlackBerry is irrelevant? Research In Motion said it would be working with police on investigating what role, if any, the BlackBerry Messenger service had in organizing the recent riots.
London has been under siege by some looting and rioters and authorities say that the BBM service is being used to help coordinate this. Unlike Twitter or Facebook, RIM’s service is encrypted and it’s more difficult for law enforcement to track without RIM’s help.
Thee Guardian says that RIM could be compelled to release the information on who sent out the messages but it could say that the encryption means it can’t really unscramble the real messages. We’ve seen RIM say this when BlackBerry was under fire in multiple countries for alleged security concerns.
Regardless of what happens, stay safe out there.
[Via The Guardian, photo credit: RachelH_]
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Marin Perez
Marin Perez has torture tested cell phones and smartphones for industry leaders like CNET and InformationWeek. He remembers when 4G was just a screen on PowerPoint presentations and is fascinated with the amount of innovation out there. Marin has spent a lot of time with BlackBerry and Android but he finally broke down a bought an iPhone to see what all the hype's about. He also has too many tablets.
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