India can monitor BlackBerry without codes: Report
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The exterior of one of the Research In Motion Limited (RIM) buildings is seen in Waterloo on July 10, 2012. India has found a way to monitor BlackBerry corporate emails without asking developer Research in Motion (RIM) to hand over encryption codes a report said on Wednesday, which could help end a standoff with the Canadian company. RIM and the Indian government are at loggerheads over access to Blackberry's secure corporate email service, with New Delhi fearing it could be utilised by extremists to plot attacks. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
MUMBAI (AFP) - India has found a way to monitor BlackBerry corporate emails without asking developer Research in Motion (RIM) to hand over encryption codes a report said on Wednesday, which could help end a standoff with the Canadian company.
RIM and the Indian government are at loggerheads over access to Blackberry's secure corporate email service, with New Delhi fearing it could be utilised by extremists to plot attacks.
Multiple deadlines have been issued to the firm to comply with government requests for monitoring, but to no avail.
RIM has claimed it is unable to hand over codes as the system is so secure that it does not have access.
