The Ministry of Home Affairs has given Research In Motion (RIM) an extended deadline of January 31, 2010 to provide the Indian intelligence agencies a way of accessing all its services. It will be RIM’s third acquittal as the Indian security agencies have been threatening to shut down services offered on its handsets unless they are given access to secure, encrypted data.
BlackBerry has already granted manual access to its messenger service with a pledge of real-time, automated access by the start of next year. However, the government has also asked for access to encrypted corporate e-mails.
