BlackBerry CEO John Chen loves to make news via the BlackBerry Blog. This time, he’s joining the debate on encryption by first calling out a “powerful tech company”:
At BlackBerry, we understand, arguably more than any other large tech company, the importance of our privacy commitment to product success and brand value: privacy and security form the crux of everything we do. However, our privacy commitment does not extend to criminals.”
“One of the world’s most powerful tech companies recently refused a lawful access request in an investigation of a known drug dealer because doing so would ‘substantially tarnish the brand‘, of the company”.
The company in question is Apple who’s on record for being in favor of absolute user privacy. He also goes on to say this:
We reject the notion that tech companies should refuse reasonable, lawful access requests. Just as individual citizens bear responsibility to help thwart crime when they can safely do so, so do corporations have a responsibility to do what they can, within legal and ethical boundaries, to help law enforcement in its mission to protect us.
But at the same time he calls out politicians:
We also reject any notion of banning or disabling encryption. The hacking epidemic over the past couple years shows that we need more, not fewer, security controls for our sensitive information. Frankly, it is surprising and unnerving that some national political leaders think that an encryption ban could even work on a technical basis.
The whole blog entry, other than the shot at Apple, it well balanced and is worth a read. Perhaps all sides in this debate may want to take a look at this and re-evaluate their positions.
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John Chen Joins The Debate On Encryption
BlackBerry CEO John Chen loves to make news via the BlackBerry Blog. This time, he’s joining the debate on encryption by first calling out a “powerful tech company”:
At BlackBerry, we understand, arguably more than any other large tech company, the importance of our privacy commitment to product success and brand value: privacy and security form the crux of everything we do. However, our privacy commitment does not extend to criminals.”
“One of the world’s most powerful tech companies recently refused a lawful access request in an investigation of a known drug dealer because doing so would ‘substantially tarnish the brand‘, of the company”.
The company in question is Apple who’s on record for being in favor of absolute user privacy. He also goes on to say this:
We reject the notion that tech companies should refuse reasonable, lawful access requests. Just as individual citizens bear responsibility to help thwart crime when they can safely do so, so do corporations have a responsibility to do what they can, within legal and ethical boundaries, to help law enforcement in its mission to protect us.
But at the same time he calls out politicians:
We also reject any notion of banning or disabling encryption. The hacking epidemic over the past couple years shows that we need more, not fewer, security controls for our sensitive information. Frankly, it is surprising and unnerving that some national political leaders think that an encryption ban could even work on a technical basis.
The whole blog entry, other than the shot at Apple, it well balanced and is worth a read. Perhaps all sides in this debate may want to take a look at this and re-evaluate their positions.
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