[silk] Blackberry in India
It doesn't appear that they cracked it in the sense of cryptanalysis. it sounds more in the direction that they got the key.
there was some discussion on it here
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/blackberry_givi_1.html
Sarad.
--- On Mon, 9/22/08, Eugen Leitl
From: Eugen Leitl
Subject: [silk] Blackberry in India To: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 12:06 PM ----- Forwarded message from Gautam John ----- From: Gautam John
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:55:09 +0530 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Blackberry in India Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/At_last_govt_cracks_BlackBerry_code/arti...
It doesn't appear that they cracked it in the sense of cryptanalysis. it sounds more in the direction that they got the key.
there was some discussion on it here http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/blackberry_givi_1.html
It could be almost anything. Here's another scenario: government MIB's break into the targets house and illegally plant listening devices. In order to explain where they got the information in court, they say they got it by decrypting Blackberry traffic via a process that's secret for notional security purposes. Peter.
It could be, but only for those who own a Blackberry. If one can gain access and place listening devices, they could put something else as well to frame the person. that should be easier.
Sarad.
--- On Sat, 9/27/08, Peter Gutmann
From: Peter Gutmann
Subject: Re: [silk] Blackberry in India To: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net, jtrjtrjtr2001@yahoo.com Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 6:03 PM It doesn't appear that they cracked it in the sense of cryptanalysis. it sounds more in the direction that they got the key.
there was some discussion on it here http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/blackberry_givi_1.html
It could be almost anything. Here's another scenario: government MIB's break into the targets house and illegally plant listening devices. In order to explain where they got the information in court, they say they got it by decrypting Blackberry traffic via a process that's secret for notional security purposes.
Peter.
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Eugen Leitl
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pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz
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Sarad AV