Could the mobile phone, the central point of professional privacy and secrecy, be our greatest enemy? The BlackBerry, which can receive e-mails, is at the heart of an espionage controversy that affects millions of people. A tool used by the Echelon network or simply a myth, business security experts no longer know what to believe. The source of the controversy and a witch-hunt, the SGDN is saying nothing.
The BlackBerry, Banned from Power Centres as a Spy Phone?
The BlackBerry mobile phone is connected to a company or departmental e-mail system, and allows users to send and receive e-mail messages on their portables in real time.
The need to increase productivity today makes mobility essential. Solutions have multiplied since 2004, but there is only one real leader in this segment of the market: the Canadian company RIM (Research in Motion) with its BlackBerry solution.
RIM’s product has all the standard functions of a mobile telephone: voice, SMS and MMS. It also sends and receives e-mails, reads attachments, and can be programmed for internal company functions such as stock control and billing.
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