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France bans Blackberry

PARIS: The French government is fearful that the Blackberry handheld devices may be a threat to French state secrets and has reportedly banned them in ministries and the presidential palace. French security experts fear that the Blackberry could threaten to expose French state secrets because it is vulnerable to snooping by the US intelligence. “The risks of interception are real. It is economic war,” French daily Le Monde quoted Alain Juillet, head of economic intelligence for the government, as saying. With blackberries, there is “a problem with the protection of information,” he said. Le Monde said information sent from blackberries goes through servers in the United States and Britain, adding that France fears the US National Security Agency could snoop on private missives. ap

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