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UAE spying on citizens through an Etisalat BlackBerry update?

From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:48:42 +0300 (EEST)

It appears that this case was not posted to the list yet:

"Etisalat, the carrier responsible for bringing the BlackBerry solution to the United Arab Emirates, released a very 
suspect official update.
A member on the official support forums did some detective work, and found some suspicious code in the update. 
According to the user:

Blackberry subscribers for Etisalat (one of the official service providers in the UAE) received a WAP Push to download 
a JAR named registration

The description of the update was as follows:

Etisalat network upgrade for Blackberry service. Please download to ensure continuous service quality."
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http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/07/uae-spying-on-citizens-through-an-etisalat-blackberry-update/
 
Juha-Matti

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