Saturday, August 07, 2010

Blackberry Jam
Stockholders 1, Customers 0

Corporations don't have principles, as it again is shown. Privacy is a cornerstone of the global village, and various governments don't like it — well, of course. RIM has it seems yielded to the demands of at least one government to process messages in such a way as to make them "tappable". Oh well ... when I was a spook one of the things they taught me immediately is that all phones are tapped.

"We have met the enemy and he is us" — Walt Kelly

The internet, as a consequence of its design, regards censorship as damage to the net, and routes around it. And while I've been thinking about getting a smartphone, I'm not going to buy a Blackberry.

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