Comments on: White House shuts off Blackberry access following reports of Chinese spying.

By: I. B. Leary

I. B. Leary — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:55:24 +0000

Caption Contest:

“Sir, this is our new Megaberry unit, powered by a candle”

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:37:16 +0000

With apologies to the poster who usually says this:

IOKIYAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: SP Biloxi

SP Biloxi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:27:02 +0000

Interesting. The watchers are watching the watchers. And how does the White House feel now that they are being subject to Chinese spying. Big brother watching you, George.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:00:44 +0000

It’s not domestic spying when America does it…[/snark]

By: nhenein

nhenein — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:25:13 +0000

Well, paranoia aside, I work fairly closely with Mobility and BlackBerry devices, and I have two comments on the article:
- You can “snoop” on any over the air communication regardless of the underlying technology, it’s what you do with the information that you’ve gathered.
- BlackBerry data communication is encrypted on the device before it’s dispatched over the air, which means if it’s captured, the person snooping will have to decrypt the data, which would take ages considering BlackBerry uses AES256 encryption, and at the end of the exercise, they may have someones grocery list or a part of a conversation between a couple arguing over the price of gas.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:27:50 +0000

The only valuable info China would get is if we’re spying on them. Normal communications to & from the USA should not be a problem.

This appears to imply Americans would be transmitting info or data that could be used ‘against’ China.

Have we made our athletes spies now?

WTF?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:25:08 +0000

Here is a solution, Bush.

Email yourself a copy of the Constitution.
Won’t stop the Chinese spies, but maybe, just maybe, George, you will read it and see WTF it actually says.

By: Paul W

Paul W — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:20:38 +0000

I don’t know whether Brownback is exceedingly hypocritical or just plain stupid but he has no business complaing about the Chinese after voting in favor of the new FISA bill. At least in China you know there’s no expectation of privacy whereas in this country we have a long standing tradition (or so we thought) of government not intruding into our private lives.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:20:24 +0000

Photo caption:

“Mr. President, this is the new CrackBerry Anchor. Addicted people eventually become immobile, never wanting to leave the device. Thus, we can make it whatever size we want!”

By: Tired of being lied to

Tired of being lied to — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:14:11 +0000

And, there is also the high probability that their Blackberries will be detained by Fatherland, er, Homeland Security, to be perused, reviewed, downloaded, and possibly returned when they are done. They are going to that red-menace China, you know.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:08:46 +0000

Caption Contest:

Now how in the hell am I gonna fit THAT in my pocket?

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:01:07 +0000

Caption: Yes, Mr. President, this is the same size KKKarl uses.

By: CitiDC

CitiDC — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:42:29 +0000

I blogged this in March 2007, when the Bush Administration was found out to be using RNC-supplied equipment, run by a 10-person ISP in Chattanooga, TN to do the government’s business.

“Rove and GWB43.com – Huge National Security Threat?”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/24/172031/681

Glad they caught up.

By: The Republic of Stupidity

The Republic of Stupidity — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:36:13 +0000

Well, dang…

How will all them GOOPers keep track of their appointments w/ hookers now?

By: Wayne A. Schneider

Wayne A. Schneider — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:29:21 +0000

Caption Contest:

“No, Mr. President. This is just a model. The real one is much smaller. And this is the key Karl Rove used to illegally delete all his WH e-mails.”

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:27:40 +0000

Thank god no one would listen in in this country!

By: Fan of Man

Fan of Man — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:27:05 +0000

what? criminal bushies who spy dont want to get spied on? its all about freeDUMB and al-cia-duh right?

what a joke. i hate to miss the olympics this year, but im not watching 1 single event.

By: Mugsy

Mugsy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:25:53 +0000

Once again, the Bush Administration denounces practices by other groups that they themselves are guilty of:

o Wiretapping
o Torture
o Unilateral militarism
o Nuclear proliferation
o …ad infinitum.

By: Keith H.

Keith H. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:24:39 +0000

Caption:
Dammit, I had a feeling it wouldn’t work, now everyone’s doing it.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:21:04 +0000

McCain: ‘I much prefer Rasberries, but I like Blackberries, too.