BlackBerry touts its encryption and claims BBM messages are completely private, but according to the Wall Street Journal, the company handed over hundreds of messages to Brazilian prosecutors as part of a corruption scandal. Over 100 people were charged with corruption after the BBM messages were reviewed.
How is this possible if BlackBerry claims BBM messages are completely secure? If BlackBerry has access to the messages, they are NOT secure. BlackBerry has not commented.
There you have it folks. Do not use BBM for private conversations. If a warrant is issued against you all bets are off. BlackBerry will violate your privacy even if you have done nothing wrong. Opt for open source, private services, like Wickr, Threema, or Signal, or use BBM only for messages you don't care to be private and secure.
“This was one of the reasons for the success of the case,” said federal prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol, referring to the BBMs.
How is this possible if BlackBerry claims BBM messages are completely secure? If BlackBerry has access to the messages, they are NOT secure. BlackBerry has not commented.
BlackBerry declined to comment, pointing instead to a policy position on its website, which says the company balances any requests from legal authorities for “lawful access assistance” against “our priority of maintaining privacy rights of our users.”
There you have it folks. Do not use BBM for private conversations. If a warrant is issued against you all bets are off. BlackBerry will violate your privacy even if you have done nothing wrong. Opt for open source, private services, like Wickr, Threema, or Signal, or use BBM only for messages you don't care to be private and secure.