BLACKBERRY BANS IN INDIA

The BlackBerry is a line of wireless handheld devices and services designed and marketed by BlackBerry.The first BlackBerry device, an email pager, was released in 1999.A new operating system, BlackBerry 10, was released for two new BlackBerry models (Z10 and Q10) on January 30, 2013

BlackBerry accounts for 3% of mobile device sales worldwide in 2011, making its manufacturer the sixth most popular device maker (25% of mobile device sales are .The consumer BlackBerry Internet Service is available in 91 countries worldwide on over 500 mobile service operators using various mobile technologies.The BlackBerry is a line of wireless handheld devices and services designed and marketed by BlackBerry.The first BlackBerry device, an email pager,
was released in 1999.A new operating system, BlackBerry 10, was released for two new BlackBerry models (Z10 and Q10) on January 30, 2013

BlackBerry accounts for 3% of mobile device sales worldwide in 2011, making its manufacturer the sixth most popular device maker (25% of mobile device sales are
smartphones).The consumer BlackBerry Internet Service is available in 91 countries worldwide on over 500 mobile service operators using various mobile technologies.
Software
BlackBerry devices use the proprietary BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM, software for sending and receiving encrypted instant messages, voice notes, images and videos via BlackBerry PIN.
 As long as your cell phone has a data plan these messages are all free of charge.
Some of the features of BBM include groups, bar-code scanning, lists, shared calendars, BBM Music and integration with apps and games using the BBM social platform.


BlackBerry PIN

BlackBerry PIN is an eight character hexadecimal identification number assigned to each BlackBerry device. PINs cannot be changed manually on the device (though BlackBerry technicians
 are able to reset or update a PIN server-side), and are locked to each specific BlackBerry. BlackBerry devices can message each other using the PIN directly or
 by using the BlackBerry Messenger application.  BlackBerry PINs are tracked by BlackBerry Enterprise Servers and the BlackBerry Internet Service and
are used to direct messages to a BlackBerry device.



blackberry has a unique pin for identification this enables the government not intercept the message.this causes a greater draw back to intercept the service.
The smartphone's server is based in Canada where the encryption level is very high and extremely difficult to crack. And any message going through a Canada server is encrypted and,
therefore, cannot be accessed by intelligence agencies in India.

"RIM does not possess a master key nor does any back door exists in the system that would allow RIM or any third party to gain an unauthorised
access to the key or corporate data," the company said. It, therefore, would be unable to accommodate any request for a copy of
a customer's encryption key since at no time does RIM, or any wireless network operator, ever possess a copy of the key.
BlackBerry phones have been recovered from terrorist gangs in the past. With a BlackBerry, a user can have instant and encrypted communication
 with another, simply by calling the other person's unique four character number.
However, a BlackBerry can be traced to a user, the same cannot be said about throwaway Hotmail and Yahoo addresses accessed from a cybercafe.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has reiterated that BlackBerry emails and other data services must comply with formats that can be monitored by
security and intelligence agencies.The government will allow telecom operators to offer services, which can be intercepted by the security agencies.
 If any service is not allowed to be intercepted, it will ban such services.
4 types of BlackBerry services in India

There are four major types of RIM's BlackBerry services in India:

(a) Voice communication to or from another device, whether the latter is a BlackBerry or not;

(b) SMS & MMS to or from another device, whether the latter is a BlackBerry or not;

(c) E-Mail between two BlackBerry Devices;

(d) E-Mail between a BlackBerry and a non-BlackBerry.

Of these, (a), (b) and (d) can technically -- and legally -- be intercepted by Indian security agencies even today,
since they pass through an Indian mobile network (Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance in a reformatted form.
It is only (c) that cannot easily be intercepted by Indian security agencies.



Software
BlackBerry devices use the proprietary BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM, software for sending and receiving encrypted instant messages, voice notes, images and videos via BlackBerry PIN.
 As long as your cell phone has a data plan these messages are all free of charge.
Some of the features of BBM include groups, bar-code scanning, lists, shared calendars, BBM Music and integration with apps and games using the BBM social platform.


PIN

BlackBerry PIN is an eight character hexadecimal identification number assigned to each BlackBerry device. PINs cannot be changed manually on the device (though BlackBerry technicians
 are able to reset or update a PIN server-side), and are locked to each specific BlackBerry. BlackBerry devices can message each other using the PIN directly or
 by using the BlackBerry Messenger application.  BlackBerry PINs are tracked by BlackBerry Enterprise Servers and the BlackBerry Internet Service and  are used to direct messages to a BlackBerry device.
blackberry has a unique pin for identification this enables the government not intercept the message.this causes a greater draw back to intercept the service.The smartphone's server is based in Canada where the encryption level is very high and extremely difficult to crack. And any message going through a Canada server is encrypted and,  therefore, cannot be accessed by intelligence agencies in India."RIM does not possess a master key nor does any back door exists in the system that would allow RIM or any third party to gain an unauthorised access to the key or corporate data," the company said. It, therefore, would be unable to accommodate any request for a copy of  a customer's encryption key since at no time does RIM, or any wireless network operator, ever possess a copy of the key. BlackBerry phones have been recovered from terrorist gangs in the past. With a BlackBerry, a user can have instant and encrypted communication
 with another, simply by calling the other person's unique four character number.
However, a BlackBerry can be traced to a user, the same cannot be said about throwaway Hotmail and Yahoo addresses accessed from a cybercafe. The Ministry of Home Affairs has reiterated that BlackBerry emails and other data services must comply with formats that can be monitored by
security and intelligence agencies.The government will allow telecom operators to offer services, which can be intercepted by the security agencies..
 If any service is not allowed to be intercepted, it will ban such services.
4 types of BlackBerry services in India

There are four major types of RIM's BlackBerry services in India:

(a) Voice communication to or from another device, whether the latter is a BlackBerry or not;

(b) SMS & MMS to or from another device, whether the latter is a BlackBerry or not;

(c) E-Mail between two BlackBerry Devices;

(d) E-Mail between a BlackBerry and a non-BlackBerry.

Of these, (a), (b) and (d) can technically -- and legally -- be intercepted by Indian security agencies even today,
since they pass through an Indian mobile network (Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance in a reformatted form.
It is only (c) that cannot easily be intercepted by Indian security agencies.