Pathetic attempt to shoot their phones at the republicans?<br /><br />10:09 AM, July 23, 2016, grarpamp &lt;grarpamp@gmail.com&gt;:<br /><blockquote>http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2465381/blackberry-ceo-disturbed-by-apples-hard-line-on-encryption<br />https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/03/15/2045231/what-apple-can-learn-from-blackberry-not-to-do<br /><br />BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he is "disturbed" by Apple's tough<br />approach to encryption and user privacy, warning that the firm's<br />attitude is harmful to society. Earlier this year, Chen said in<br />response to Apple resisting the government's demands to unlock an<br />iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters: "We are indeed<br />in a dark place when companies put their reputations above the greater<br />good." During BlackBerry's Security Summit in New York this week, Chen<br />made several more comments about Apple's stance on encryption. "One of<br />our competitors, we call it 'the other fruit company,' has an attitude<br />that it doesn't matter how much it might hurt society, they're not<br />going to help," he said. "I found that disturbing as a citizen. I<br />think BlackBerry, like any company, should have a basic civil<br />responsibility. If the world is in danger, we should be able to help<br />out." He did say there was a lot of "nonsense" being reported about<br />BlackBerry and its approach to how it handles user information. "Of<br />course, there need to be clear guidelines. The guidelines we've<br />adopted require legal assets. A subpoena for certain data. But if you<br />have the data, you should give it to them," he said. "There's some<br />complete nonsense about what we can and can't do. People are mad at us<br />that we let the government have the data. It's absolute garbage. We<br />can't do that." Chen also warned that mandatory back doors aren't a<br />good idea either, hinting at the impending Investigatory Powers Bill.<br />"There's proposed legislation in the U.S., and I'm sure it will come<br />to the EU, that every vendor needs to provide some form of a back<br />door. That is not going to fly at all. It just isn't," he said.<br /><br /><br />It should be noted that blackberry is losing government<br />sales due in part to its lineup of ancient and unsupported phones.<br /><br /></blockquote><br /><br />-- <br />You’re not from the Castle, you’re not from the village, you are nothing. Unfortunately, though, you are something, a stranger.