Originally Posted by Yaatri

Many Governments including ours insists that they have to have access to some data on the pretext of security. Hasn't BB allowed exceptions for Russia, and recently Saudi Arabia, I know it's funny, possibly UAE too. India is demanding it too. RIM had been given a deadline of Aug 31, 2010 to comply. Whether or not there is a justification for allowing a government to snoop into a set of data is a political question. If One Govt demands access to fight terrorism, others will demand it too. Who should and should not be allowed is a political question too. But we can't discuss those issues here as we are not on OMNI here.