UAE Blackberry update was spyware

BBC News by Ben Thompson | Jul. 21, 2009 (News Report)

A software update promoted by United Arab Emirates telecoms firm Etisalat appears to have been surveillance software. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Jul 21, 2009 - 5:05 AM PDT
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 by Glenn LaBauve - Jul. 21, 2009

Big brother hides as a security update for blackberry users,

Some goverments or their agencies have histories of field testing in forgien markets or on forgien soil so as not to raise the ire of its own ... More »

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