France nixes govermental use of BlackBerries

Ahh, the French.  From the people who brought you the best breakfast toast and those delectable cut up potatoes comes their newest innovation: A healthy dose of nationalistic fear!  The French government says they're planning on canning BlackBerry for governmental use because RIM's servers are located in the US and UK, and they're afraid of prying eyes catching sensitive data.  RIM retorts that their network is so secure the NSA can't crack it, and besides, the BBC reports, some French government workers ignore the ban and use the devices regardless.  We'd think France would be a little nicer to RIM, seeing as the company HQ is in Canada and not the US, but you know, maybe they're just being France.

[Via & IMG Thomas @ Engadget]