Germany bans BlackBerrys and iPhones on snooping fears2010-08-10 09:50 by DanielaTags: Germany, Blackberry, iPhone
The German government has advised ministers not to use BlackBerry and iPhone devices due to "a dramatic increase of attacks against" its networks. A general ban on the use of smartphones in certain German ministries is also being considered, Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière confirmed to the country's business daily newspaper Handelsblatt yesterday. He said that ministers and senior civil servants had been told to instead use Simko2 gadgets offered by T-Systems, following advice from the German federal office for information security (BSI). Berlin expressed concern that data for the BlackBerry smartphone passes through two Research in Motion centres in the UK and Canada. Read more -here-
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