Security News > 2011 > March > Death by BlackBerry crisis averted

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/death-by-blackberry-crisis-averted-20110301-1bca6.html By Asher Moses The Sydney Morning Herald March 1, 2011 With threats of cyber war on the horizon, one would think the Department of Defence has more pressing security concerns than whether politicians keep the flashing blue light on the top of their BlackBerry handsets on or off. But the secretive Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) was so concerned that it instituted a recommendation requiring politicians to enable the flashing light on their taxpayer-funded mobiles. It has now backflipped on the rule after senators rebelled, arguing it could cause serious accidents. The seemingly innocuous BlackBerry light, which flashes blue when paired with a Bluetooth device such as a car hands-free kit, caused such consternation that Senator Stephen Parry used a Senate estimates hearing to rail against the Defence order to leave the light on and warned it was "exceptionally dangerous at night". [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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