On Thursday the Canadian phone manufacturer rebuffed a report by the Economic Times Of India, which said that the company would give authorities full access to all data sent with BlackBerrys. According to the company, it is impossible to give access to e-mails sent by the phones because each user has a personal encryption key.
The company says it will give access to chat messages send by BlackBerry phones, according to the Guardian.
India has given RIM until Jan. 31 to provide access to all communications, or face being expelled from the country, which has an estimated 1 million Blackberry users.
India, along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt say encrypted data sent from BlackBerry phones poses a security threat. The Indian government is particularly concerned about the use of encrypted services by militants, since security agencies cannot monitor the messages.
