In a fresh twist to the ongoing dispute between Research In Motion (RIM) and the government of India, RIM said that it is unable to provide access to the Indian government as it does not possess the key to the encrypted data. According to RIM, security design for enterprise customers is so designed that it is not possible for RIM or any third party to access encrypted information. The security design is modeled on a symmetric key system enabling the customers to create their own keys, which are not available to a third party.

The government has been so far successful in intercepting e-mails from a Blackberry if they pass through an Indian mobile network such as Airtel, Vodafone, or Reliance as they are transmitted in a reformatted form.

Tata Teleservices, an Indian network operator was declined the option to offer Blackberry services until the government can successfully intercept messages between Blackberrys due to security reasons. The government has instructed other service providers to ensure that the government can intercept their messages.

The government and RIM are yet to reach a conclusion. X

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