BlackBerry and Foxconn and data security - Money.pl

2013-12-27 13:54

Author: Peter Barycki

At the time of signing the agreement BlackBerry and Foxconn for the production of low-cost smartphones running BlackBerry 10, appeared on the network (and appear to now) doubts concerning the behavior of the security of data on Canadian phones. Is it really is nothing to worry about?

Some commentators have even decided at the suggestion that we have since then choose whether you want to be shadowed by the NSA or the Chinese government, and some of the more nonsensical sources, we could even read that the software will take care of itself smartphones Foxconn. It should, however, explain a few basic things:

• Foxconn is not a Chinese company, and Taiwanese. In China only has a factory where …
• … not produced BlackBerry smartphones – will be produced only in centers in Indonesia and Mexico
• BlackBerry retains full control over the production of smartphones bearing the signature of its logo
• BlackBerry retains absolute control over your operating system
• BlackBerry retains full control over encryption mechanisms BES, which is really the only serious secured data transmission solutions in its portfolio

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• Plan is a “killing” on cooperation with BlackBerry and promotion of the usual position at the level of the so-called sub-contractors. IIDM. Any slip-up at an early stage can compromise the entire plan (and involved a lot of money)

As you can see, points in common BlackBerry and Foxconn Chinese espionage is rather quite enough. You might as well suggest that the relevant modules can be found even in products from Apple, which after all applications are also in China (as opposed to BlackBerry smartphones).
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