Blackberry secures big deal south of the border
Posted Jul 20, 2017 06:59:42 AM.
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Waterloo-based Blackberry has secured a big deal south of the border.
The tech giant has won the right to sell its tools for encrypting phone calls and text messages to the U.S. federal government.
It’s also garnered an endorsement from the National Security Agency.
The fear of eavesdroppers listening in on government calls has the states investing in encrption technology.
The tools are based on tech from Secusmart, which was part of a Blackberry takeover back in 2014.
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