If you’re a minister in the German government, you better not be using a BlackBerry or iPhone because of “attacks” against it’s networks via these devices. I’ve taken the liberty of translating a story from business daily newspaper Handelsblatt using Google Translate:
The security of the SPD, Sebastian Edathy suggested that a general ban on the use of smartphones in certain ministries. It would be negligent if caused by an incorrect use of a security risk to the government work, “said Edathy the” Bild “-Zeitung. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had warned iPhone because of security concerns against the use of BlackBerrys by the Canadian manufacturer Research in Motion or Apple’s. The Authority recommends that only the “Simko2” the telecom wholesale division T-Systems for data traffic.
Admittedly, this isn’t the best translation. But you get the idea. But reading this makes me wonder is there really a security issue here? Or perhaps it is about using a “Made In Germany” solution?
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Germany Suggests iPhone And BlackBerry Ban
If you’re a minister in the German government, you better not be using a BlackBerry or iPhone because of “attacks” against it’s networks via these devices. I’ve taken the liberty of translating a story from business daily newspaper Handelsblatt using Google Translate:
The security of the SPD, Sebastian Edathy suggested that a general ban on the use of smartphones in certain ministries. It would be negligent if caused by an incorrect use of a security risk to the government work, “said Edathy the” Bild “-Zeitung. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) had warned iPhone because of security concerns against the use of BlackBerrys by the Canadian manufacturer Research in Motion or Apple’s. The Authority recommends that only the “Simko2” the telecom wholesale division T-Systems for data traffic.
Admittedly, this isn’t the best translation. But you get the idea. But reading this makes me wonder is there really a security issue here? Or perhaps it is about using a “Made In Germany” solution?
Thoughts?
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