BlackBerry responds to police eavesdropping report

[Wireless News]

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lxNaABaot4jrqI17omBqRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par7877755-1-1-0.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-responds-police-eavesdropping-report-171312509.html)BlackBerry appeared Monday to acknowledge it helped Canadian federal police crack a Montreal crime syndicate that had been using its messaging system, while insisting its smartphone security remains impenetrable. Vice news and its sister publication Motherboard last week reported that BlackBerry may have helped Canadian federal police eavesdrop on BlackBerry so-called PIN-to-PIN messages sent between members of a suspected criminal organization in Montreal. It was revealed that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had obtained BlackBerry's global cryptographic key, allowing the agency to read all messages sent between BlackBerry smartphones.



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