New Delhi: The stalemate between the Government and the Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry has been resolved as the Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd has given intelligence agencies real time access to its Messenger service, implying that the sleuths can now read the messages sent from one Blackberry to Blackberry.
Also the government has got a backdoor access to Blackberry Enterprise Server as the agencies will be provided access as per specific requests to the service providers.
Confirming the news, sources said that the move would give a great boost to the counter-terrorism efforts of the government. “For Blackberry Enterprise Server, agencies would have indirect access through the service providers, who then will take specific queries to RIM. However, the Government is looking for real time access to the servers. This part is still being worked at.
A team of Government officials has already inspected the server. It is not exactly the solution wanted by MHA, which would have preferred a capability to decode messages themselves so that they could conduct surveillance without disclosing the name of the suspects to the Blackberry manufacturing firm.
Next on the agenda is interception of emails through Yahoo and Gmail with the MHA directing the Department of Telecom to ask the service providers to ensure that all emails accessed from India should be routed through servers located in India.
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