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Blackberry is a Canadian company.. but the general goals were to ensure all data was encrypted and no government would get access to it.



"but the general goals were to ensure all data was encrypted and no government would get access to it."

Kind of, but not quite.

Little known history: BlackBerry 'became encrypted' because back in the days when it was really just a 'pager with email' - North American carriers (channel partners) were actually reading BB executives emails during negotiations (!!!). BB discovered this and decided to start with the encryption. Seriously - the first 'illegal' act was by BB customers/channel partners!

From there, it was always pragmatic. BB was never specifically motivated by protecting individuals from governments persey.




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