Re: U.A.E. Declares BlackBerry a Security Risk

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org>]

> > > Why the BlackBerry in particular?
> > Perhaps because their entire operation is run as poorly as their
> > email system?
> So Obama is allowed to carry one, why, exactly?

I'm reminded of a past workplace.  They gave me a crackberry until I
made it clear I had no intention of reading my email on it, at which
point they reclaimed it and gave it to someone else.  (Small loss; the
user interface would have driven me nuts to try to use to any
significant extent.)

I would have expected giving one's login password to someone outside
the company would be a firing offense, but apparently it's OK when the
"someone" in question is RIM.  I've never quite understood why.

/~\ The ASCII                             Mouse
\ / Ribbon Campaign
 X  Against HTML                mouse () rodents-montreal org
/ \ Email!           7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39  4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.