Whats BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) and does the government have access to it?
BIS is the lighter flavour of RIM’s two email services. Meant for individuals, it uses weaker encryption. BIS users buy convenience more than ironclad security. Airtel or Vodafone ‘pipes’ the encrypted mail from your handset to RIM, which then decrypts it and sends it out, to the recipient. So RIM ‘can’ let investigative agencies read such mail, and India now has an agreement for BIS access.
