NationStates Jolt Archive

Okay, so they can't quite do that, what they can however, is seize private company's assests and look at all the dirty images the French ministers are sending each other during boring session like 'the sub-commitee detailing the sub-commitee's moratorium on the commision's Save Dafur Initiative'.

At least, that's what the French say...


http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070620/D8PSPDKG0.html

Notable quotes-


BlackBerrys pose "a problem with the protection of information" and "the risks of interception are real," Alain Juillet, in charge of economic intelligence for the government, told Le Monde.



Research In Motion insisted that BlackBerry e-mails cannot be read by the NSA or other organizations. The e-mails are more heavily encrypted than online banking Web sites, Research In Motion said in a statement.

"No one, including RIM, has the ability to view the content of any data communication sent using the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution," the company said.

The BlackBerry system has been accredited by security agencies in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Canada, Research in Motion said, adding that a certification process is under way in the Netherlands and Germany.

The solution:
Wrap your blackberry in tinfoil.

I'd say they have a point. ANY encryption can be broken, given time and enough raw number-crunching computer power.

BlackBerry's encryption just makes sure that it isn't broken in time to be useful to the breaker. But what might take a month today may take a week next year - and a few minutes in five years.

Okay, so they can't quite do that, what they can however, is seize private company's assests and look at all the dirty images the French ministers are sending each other during boring session like 'the sub-commitee detailing the sub-commitee's moratorium on the commision's Save Dafur Initiative'.

At least, that's what the French say...


http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070620/D8PSPDKG0.html

Notable quotes-

I knew you were going to post this. :cool:

I'd say they have a point. ANY encryption can be broken, given time and enough raw number-crunching computer power.

BlackBerry's encryption just makes sure that it isn't broken in time to be useful to the breaker. But what might take a month today may take a week next year - and a few minutes in five years.

So by next year America will going through last year's G8 summit rather quickly... Of course, as long as we bury the Supreme Court, as well as other legal check and balances, to let "them" get at it in the first place.

I knew you were going to post this. :cool:

*Puts on tinfoil hat*

So by next year America will going through last year's G8 summit rather quickly... Of course, as long as we bury the Supreme Court, as well as other legal check and balances, to let "them" get at it in the first place.

I don't know of ANY legal check on US security agencies spying on foreign nationals. In fact, that's kind of why they exist, isn't it?

Maybe the NSA can't break the encryptions for a month today. But say they have a breakthrough, and at the next G8 meeting they can give realtime analysis of Russia and France's positions to our diplomats. Knowng their positions, we push them to the wall, and get everything we want. That would be a major win.

I'm not saying the French government isn't being paranoid. But they actually have some reason to be.

I'd say they have a point. ANY encryption can be broken, given time and enough raw number-crunching computer power.

BlackBerry's encryption just makes sure that it isn't broken in time to be useful to the breaker. But what might take a month today may take a week next year - and a few minutes in five years.

Not entirely true.

If the encryption key is the same length as the message, it's impossible to crack.

Just not very useful in real life.