"Apparently even dire warnings about the threat of snooping by American spies isn't enough to keep some top French government officials from nursing CrackBerry addictions on the sly." Reports CNET News

"The rules came about because some of the main BlackBerry mail servers reside in the United States, where French security officials fear the messages are vulnerable to being swept up and perused by none other than the National Security Agency, according to [a] Le Monde report ." 

Source

Anne Broache , Report: French officials skirt BlackBerry limits. CNET News, June 19, 2007.

Related Articles 

- Peter Sayer (IDG News Service), Update: Security risks prompt French BlackBerry ban. Inforworld.com, June 20, 2007; via Gigalaw

- Mike Masnik , French Officials Can't Resist Their Crackberries, Even If It Means Giving Secrets To American Spies. Techdirt.com, June 20, 2007.  

- In French: Agence France-Presse , BlackBerry en France: vives réactions. Technaute.com, 20 juin 2007.

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