Blackberry and

[Dave Howe]

Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> In the UK it would depend on why the modification is done.

> If the ISP has been ordered to do it by a notice under the Regulation of
> Investigatory Powers (Maintenance of Interception Capability) Order
> 2002, then it's legal - if not, it would most definitely be illegal (it
> would be interception).


I would argue just installing the code - without activation - would not
be interception as no messages are at that point being sent to the
telephony provider.

However, I would be interested to see if installing code on my phone,
without my authorization and to my *potential* detriment, was computer
misuse. This isn't adding interception code to a router or host they
control, its adding it to *my phone* - which they don't own or control.