Here’s one that will leave you scratching your head. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he is “disturbed” by Apple’s tough approach to encryption and user privacy, warning that the firm’s attitude is harmful to society:
Chen remarked: “We are indeed in a dark place when companies put their reputations above the greater good.”
Chen was quizzed about his opinion on government requests for user data during BlackBerry’s Security Summit in New York this week, and couldn’t help mouthing off about the situation.
“One of our competitors, we call it ‘the other fruit company’, has an attitude that it doesn’t matter how much it might hurt society, they’re not going to help,” he said.
“I found that disturbing as a citizen. I think BlackBerry, like any company, should have a basic civil responsibility. If the world is in danger, we should be able to help out.”
Well, that’s a wee bit bizarre seeing as BlackBerry has been accused of handing out data to anyone who asks like a gangster rapper throwing money in a rap video. But they have an answer for that concern:
This doesn’t mean that BlackBerry is handing out your information willy nilly, though, and Chen pointed out that a lot of “nonsense” has been reported about the company and its approach to such situations.
“Of course, there need to be clear guidelines. The guidelines we’ve adopted require legal assets. A subpoena for certain data. But if you have the data, you should give it to them,” he said.
“There’s some complete nonsense about what we can and can’t do. People are mad at us that we let the government have the data. It’s absolute garbage. We can’t do that.”
I would love to understand the motivations of Chen behind these remarks. It’s almost as if he’s trying to make BlackBerry appeal to the government types out there in some strange way. If that isn’t the reason behind it, then I don’t get it.
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BlackBerry CEO “Disturbed” By Apple’s Stance On Encryption
Here’s one that will leave you scratching your head. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he is “disturbed” by Apple’s tough approach to encryption and user privacy, warning that the firm’s attitude is harmful to society:
Chen remarked: “We are indeed in a dark place when companies put their reputations above the greater good.”
Chen was quizzed about his opinion on government requests for user data during BlackBerry’s Security Summit in New York this week, and couldn’t help mouthing off about the situation.
“One of our competitors, we call it ‘the other fruit company’, has an attitude that it doesn’t matter how much it might hurt society, they’re not going to help,” he said.
“I found that disturbing as a citizen. I think BlackBerry, like any company, should have a basic civil responsibility. If the world is in danger, we should be able to help out.”
Well, that’s a wee bit bizarre seeing as BlackBerry has been accused of handing out data to anyone who asks like a gangster rapper throwing money in a rap video. But they have an answer for that concern:
This doesn’t mean that BlackBerry is handing out your information willy nilly, though, and Chen pointed out that a lot of “nonsense” has been reported about the company and its approach to such situations.
“Of course, there need to be clear guidelines. The guidelines we’ve adopted require legal assets. A subpoena for certain data. But if you have the data, you should give it to them,” he said.
“There’s some complete nonsense about what we can and can’t do. People are mad at us that we let the government have the data. It’s absolute garbage. We can’t do that.”
I would love to understand the motivations of Chen behind these remarks. It’s almost as if he’s trying to make BlackBerry appeal to the government types out there in some strange way. If that isn’t the reason behind it, then I don’t get it.
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