[liberationtech] BB in the news again

[Frank Corrigan]

No doubt the UK Police will use it's powers to get RIM to disclose the
phone numbers used in specific areas (cell towers) and then request call
records. The London police cells are overflowing with alleged rioters,
many will have had their 'smart' phones impounded for later forensic
analysis. The disturbances in London/UK are likely to be a test bed for
Police and Forensic Science analysis of digital footprints etc

RIM to turn in BlackBerry-using looters after London riots
"Catching the fire-starters retrospectively is possible as RIM can pass
over decrypted versions of BBM chatter."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/08/blackberry_riots/

BlackBerry blog hacked with riot-related threats
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/09/blackberry_blog_riot_hack/

http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2011/08/london-riots-and-social-media.html

http://twitter.com/#!/search/londonriots

Frank


----- Original message -----
From: "Bernal,PA  (pgr)" <P.A.Bernal at lse.ac.uk>
To: "Katrin Verclas" <katrin at mobileactive.org>
Cc: "Stanford tech list List" <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:33:37 -0400
Subject: Re: [liberationtech] BB in the news again

As a matter of interest, the NYTimes has it a little wrong: Lammy's not
a minister in the government, he's an opposition MP, representing the
area where the riots started. 

Paul Bernal

Sent from my iPhone

On 9 Aug 2011, at 14:26, "Katrin Verclas" <katrin at mobileactive.org>
wrote:

> Quoting from the New York Times:
> 
> David Lammy, Britain's intellectual property minister, also called
> for a suspension of Blackberry's encrypted instant message service.
> Many rioters, exploiting that service, had been able to organize mobs
> and outrun the police, who were ill-equipped to monitor it. "It is
> unfortunate, but for the very short term, London can't have a night
> like the last," Mr. Lammy said in a Twitter post.
> 
> Officials at Research in Motion, the corporate parent of Blackberry,
> declined to comment on whether the service would be suspended. But
> the company, based in Waterloo, Ontario, issued a statement saying:
> "We feel for those impacted by recent days' riots in London. We have
> engaged with the authorities to assist in any way we can."
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/world/europe/10britain.html
> 
> 
> Katrin Verclas
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