The ObamaBerry "crisis"08:59:11 AM
I'm sure you've seen some of the hype about President Obama's BlackBerry and have probably heard the various noises being made (mostly by people who have no idea what they're talking about) discussing how unsecure it is and why, therefore, it's a risk to our National Security.
My friend John Wargo, who knows a lot about BlackBerry devices (he worked for RIM for a while, has just written what I think will prove to be the definitive book on BlackBerry application development, and is one of the best BlackBerry developers in the country) took the time a few days ago to explain why all the hype is just so much hooey.
If you have a few minutes, you may want to read John's post, The President's BlackBerry. Interesting stuff.
1. mdmadph10/16/2009 01:25:20 PM
Homepage: http://mdm-adph.blogspot.com
You know, I knew that Blackberries were more secure than any other smartphone out there, but until reading John's post, I had no idea just HOW far RIM goes in making them secure.
It's almost ridiculous. They' should be in a completely different class of device.
2. Nathan T. Freeman10/17/2009 11:00:40 AM
Homepage: http://nathan.lotus911.com
"How in the heck are you going to be able to identify a single device out of a hundred devices when all (every single bit) of the data being transmitted is being encrypted?"
Ummmm... all the encryption in the universe doesn't prevent traffic analysis.
John's article has an awful lot of qualifiers around his claims: "I'm pretty sure that..." and "I heard that..." and "I remember reading somewhere..."
I couldn't care less about the idea that the president has an uses a BlackBerry, but I really don't find anything that John as to say about it makes me feel more or less worried about the security.
3. sexneznakomka12/03/2009 03:03:30 PM
Homepage: http://sexneznakomka.wordpress.com/
Interesting information, i agree with you! 
