An article titled How your Apple iPhone spies on you from Britain's famed The Daily Telegraph newspaper got me thinking... because just about everyone I know has an iPhone and raves about how awesome it is. According to the Telegraph article, the data-hungry State loves it too! "There are a lot of security issues in the design of the iPhone that lend themselves … [Read more...]
Blackberry vs United Arab Emirates over who controls communication
Canada's Research in Motion (RIM), the company that gave the world the Blackberry smart phone, has been embroiled in a battle with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the use of Blackberries inside their borders. Like all good totalitarian regimes, UAE is demanding complete access to all encrypted communication over the Blackberry network or it will suspend all Blackberry … [Read more...]