BlackBerry CEO John Chen responded today to reports claiming the company cooperated with Canadian police to intercept and decrypt more than 1 million secure messages sent using BlackBerry devices. Although he did not confirm or deny having handed over a global encryption key, Chen confirmed his company's involvement, writing in a blog post, "Regarding BlackBerry’s assistance, I can reaffirm that we stood by our lawful access principles."
BlackBerry has said in the past that cooperating with law enforcement is within its legal and ethical boundaries. "We have long been clear in our stance that tech companies as good corporate citizens should comply with reasonable lawful access requests," Chen wrote. "I have stated before that we are...
via The Verge
