Obama wants wire-tappable BlackBerries

The Obama administration is preparing to challenge one part of the BlackBerry business model. The BlackBerry Enterprise service offers corporate clients encrypted end-to-end communications that even BlackBerry says it can’t unscramble. The FBI wants them to redesign so that they can peer into what is passing through the RIM servers when a wiretap warrant is served.

The Obama administration is preparing to challenge one part of the BlackBerry business model. The BlackBerry Enterprise service offers corporate clients encrypted end-to-end communications that even BlackBerry says it can’t unscramble. The FBI wants them to redesign so that they can peer into what is passing through the RIM servers when a wiretap warrant is served.

They also want access to Facebook and Skype…

NYT: U.S. Wants to Makes It Easier to Wiretap the Internet