Umm.. thats the whole point of a BES server is to be able to archive everything that goes through the phone. If you have a blackberry, big brother IS watching.
"The Presidential Records Act states that the soon-to-be-President’s correspondence must be available for view by US citizens, although there are restrictions. This would mean that everything included in emails written by Obama would then be up for public scrutiny."
Uh ... in my experience, everything on a CrackBerry *IS* available for public scrutiny.
as part of my job is notes/blackberry admin I know in our company at least all the emailes sent form the blackberry (excluding all the gmail but the same could be said for all external web email) go throught the notes server and are archived
Sure I heard on Sky or BBC news that the concern was the (in)security of the Blackberry. He'll be allowed a laptop and can send/receive mail on that. It's just the BB they are concerned about. From what I heard.
Three little letters would solve the entire problem: bcc
Just spool a copy to another box, have that routinely harvested to present his correspondence to the public, and everyone's happy.
Maybe *I* should try out for that new tech czar position...
Anonymous Coward
Still not enough black-helicopter minded it seems... #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 21:58 GMT
The point is not that they wonder how to archive the emails, it is that they don't want such traces left behind. C'mon, try to be a bit more alert and in tune with this age's way of thinking!
Isn't actually the BlackBerry platform secure because of, erm, all that encrypted stuff between BES and the BlackBerry devices? BES even works for the crappy Exchange thingy Bush put in the White House instead of Notes (which is also BES-supported) so I see no problem with Obama just registering his BB to the White House's BES server. Exchange / Notes can track down all those sent emails from the BB device.
Come on, the only real "security problem" might be that RIM is a Canadian company, but I recall that the BES links are encrypted all the way to the BES server.
Now, if it were an iPhone... that's another story.
Black choppers 'coz Big Brother is watching... Big Brother.
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Obama's BlackBerry to be banned?
Tom
He could just do like Bush. #
Posted Monday 17th November 2008 22:15 GMT
What emails?
Opps the were deleted.
Backup?
or maybe get a yahoo account.
Tommy
McCain #
Posted Monday 17th November 2008 22:15 GMT
Then I guess it didn't matter that McCain doesn't know how to use email.
Brian
Big Brother #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 08:35 GMT
Umm.. thats the whole point of a BES server is to be able to archive everything that goes through the phone. If you have a blackberry, big brother IS watching.
jake
What was the issue, again? #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 08:35 GMT
"The Presidential Records Act states that the soon-to-be-President’s correspondence must be available for view by US citizens, although there are restrictions. This would mean that everything included in emails written by Obama would then be up for public scrutiny."
Uh ... in my experience, everything on a CrackBerry *IS* available for public scrutiny.
Brandon Cord Bradshaw
GroupWise #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 08:35 GMT
cant GroupWise automatically archive all email?
Monkey
I guess it's untested territory... #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 08:35 GMT
As the 'Speak and Spell' favoured in the White House for the last eight years didn't need much in the way of IT administration...
Luke
Bush used email?! #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 11:03 GMT
Seems unlikely, unless email is what the kids are calling alcohol these days.
michael
strange #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 13:57 GMT
as part of my job is notes/blackberry admin I know in our company at least all the emailes sent form the blackberry (excluding all the gmail but the same could be said for all external web email) go throught the notes server and are archived
TimM
Is this the actual issue? #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 17:42 GMT
Sure I heard on Sky or BBC news that the concern was the (in)security of the Blackberry. He'll be allowed a laptop and can send/receive mail on that. It's just the BB they are concerned about. From what I heard.
David Stever
Humour Alert #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 17:42 GMT
<joke> Insert joke about crayon-as-stylus about the Bush Junta </joke>.
Carl Pearson
Archive Schmarchive #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 18:12 GMT
I don't understand the big hooplah.
Three little letters would solve the entire problem: bcc
Just spool a copy to another box, have that routinely harvested to present his correspondence to the public, and everyone's happy.
Maybe *I* should try out for that new tech czar position...
Anonymous Coward
Still not enough black-helicopter minded it seems... #
Posted Tuesday 18th November 2008 21:58 GMT
The point is not that they wonder how to archive the emails, it is that they don't want such traces left behind. C'mon, try to be a bit more alert and in tune with this age's way of thinking!
Daniel B.
BES #
Posted Tuesday 25th November 2008 01:36 GMT
Isn't actually the BlackBerry platform secure because of, erm, all that encrypted stuff between BES and the BlackBerry devices? BES even works for the crappy Exchange thingy Bush put in the White House instead of Notes (which is also BES-supported) so I see no problem with Obama just registering his BB to the White House's BES server. Exchange / Notes can track down all those sent emails from the BB device.
Come on, the only real "security problem" might be that RIM is a Canadian company, but I recall that the BES links are encrypted all the way to the BES server.
Now, if it were an iPhone... that's another story.
Black choppers 'coz Big Brother is watching... Big Brother.