Re: File this one under WTF

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

Even the US Intel community are not that incompetent.

This is common or garden corporate greed, or typical Arab incompetence. 

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> On Behalf Of Adriel T. Desautels
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:30 PM
> To: quispiam lepidus
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> Subject: Re: [funsec] File this one under WTF
>
> Sounds like an intel project gone bad. :)
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:16 AM, quispiam lepidus wrote:
>
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8161190.stm
> >
> > UAE Blackberry update was spyware
> >
> > An update for Blackberry users in the United Arab Emirates could
allow
> > unauthorised access to private information and e-mails.
> >
> > The update was prompted by a text from UAE telecoms firm Etisalat,
> > suggesting it would improve performance.
> >
> > In the statement, RIM told customers that "Etisalat appears to have
> > distributed a telecommunications surveillance application...
> > independent sources have concluded that it is possible that the
> > installed software could then enable unauthorised access to private
or
> > confidential information stored on the user's smartphone".
> >
> > The update has now been identified as an application developed by
> > American firm SS8. The California-based company describes itself as a
> > provider of "lawful electronic intercept and surveillance solutions".
> >
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