UAE to Block BlackBerry Mobile Services Over Security Issues
August 02, 2010 at 06:58 AM EDT
The United Arab Emirates, citing security concerns, said Sunday that it would start blocking BlackBerry mobile services like e-mail and text messaging. The Emirates have been in a long dispute with Research In Motion (RIMM), the smartphone’s producer, over the BlackBerry’s highly encrypted data system, which offers security to users but makes it [...]