Various news sources are reporting that the widespread use of Blackberry devices can pose a threat to business and national security! In France, the DGSE intelligence agency has advised the new Sarkozy-Government to ban Blackberry's from their offices: the reason: the servers are hosted in the UK and the USA, which could compromise French governmental communications. Reports further indicate that nowadays, businessmen on the bring of engaging in confidential business discussions/signing of deals are pulling the batteries out of their Berries to show their absolute honesty...
- Members of the new French cabinet have been told to stop using their BlackBerries because of fears that the US could intercept state secrets ...
- US bankers would prove their bona fides in meetings by first placing their BlackBerries on the table and removing the batteries
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/science/20070619-blackberry-france-french-government-spy-le-monde-nsa-US.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/dde45086-1e97-11dc-bc22-000b5df10621.html
