Underneath the façade of glamour and prosperity in the United Arab Emirates exists an unfortunate reminder that the country does not understand the basic premise of human rights and privacy. (Not that the United States has been doing such a bang up job in the human rights department over the last several years.) The UAE is threatening to ban some of the services offered by RIM on its BlackBerry devices. The problem is the information sent and received by BlackBerry users is heavily encrypted and managed by RIM servers. (Unlike Samsung, LG and others that do not encrypt most of the data on their mobile phones.) The UAE is worried that antigovernment parties will use BlackBerry devices in order to harness the manifesto of opposition and discontent with the ruling body. Authorities in the government stated "BlackBerry data is immediately exported offshore, where it's managed by a foreign, commercial organization." In short, the UAE wants more power over its citizens. Looks like some countries are stuck in the dark ages.
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