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BlackBerry is back...

Posted by Hiawatha Bray  August 6, 2010 11:43 AM
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In Saudi Arabia, anyway. But is this good news or bad? Did BlackBerry parent company Research In Motion agree to let Saudi authorities snoop on message traffic? If so, other countries will want the same thing. And if they get it, who'll trust their BlackBerries any more? And when will governments demand that other cell companies do the same?

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Hiawatha Bray

Hiawatha Bray

Hiawatha is a business reporter and columnist covering the high-tech industry for the Boston Globe business section. His weekly Tech Lab gadgets and software reviews appear in the Globe every Thursday.

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