RSF criticizes Blackberry collaboration with the British authorities - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today criticized the Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry, work with the British authorities in identifying the perpetrators of the riots in several British cities between Saturday and Tuesday.
The organization said that according to the British Government, the program BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has been used as the primary means of communication between the agitators, which has hindered the interception of messages, because it uses the Internet rather than the telephone network and requires user authentication.
"To overcome this difficulty, Scotland Yard RIM provided the personal information of several users of its smartphones, without any real consideration of the protection of personal data", denounced the organization.
"What are the consequences of this cooperation in respecting the privacy of BlackBerry users and their right to exchange information freely?. If after this data is arrested, it is desirable to question the validity of the evidence and the legality of acquisition, "RSF asks.
RSF believes that "far from underestimating the current UK situation and the urgency to restore order, provide personal information to the police is a worrying precedent in a Western country, which could have important consequences in terms of an example for other regimes. "
For NGOs, it is equally "surprising in a state of law" has been proposed as the one made by Labour's David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, who asked to reflect on the BlackBerry possibility of suspending its messaging services.
"The company has given several times a repressive states ultimatum calling for the filtering of certain sites, access to user data or censorship of encrypted services," he said, referring to requests from the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
RSF expressed concern that the UK now turn exert pressure on a telecommunications company, and asked RIM "to conduct a true reflection of their social responsibility, in collaboration with the advocacy organizations freedoms. "
The organization said that according to the British Government, the program BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has been used as the primary means of communication between the agitators, which has hindered the interception of messages, because it uses the Internet rather than the telephone network and requires user authentication.
"To overcome this difficulty, Scotland Yard RIM provided the personal information of several users of its smartphones, without any real consideration of the protection of personal data", denounced the organization.
"What are the consequences of this cooperation in respecting the privacy of BlackBerry users and their right to exchange information freely?. If after this data is arrested, it is desirable to question the validity of the evidence and the legality of acquisition, "RSF asks.
RSF believes that "far from underestimating the current UK situation and the urgency to restore order, provide personal information to the police is a worrying precedent in a Western country, which could have important consequences in terms of an example for other regimes. "
For NGOs, it is equally "surprising in a state of law" has been proposed as the one made by Labour's David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, who asked to reflect on the BlackBerry possibility of suspending its messaging services.
"The company has given several times a repressive states ultimatum calling for the filtering of certain sites, access to user data or censorship of encrypted services," he said, referring to requests from the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
RSF expressed concern that the UK now turn exert pressure on a telecommunications company, and asked RIM "to conduct a true reflection of their social responsibility, in collaboration with the advocacy organizations freedoms. "
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