[MapleSyrup]

It's a weird question, I know.. but let me explain..

Imagine that you lost your BB (I hope it will NEVER happen) and someone find it, and look through it..

What would this person learn about you?

Think! photos, texts.. movies.. music, notes.. anything.. stuff you woudn't want anyone to find.. hmm ummm!

Does your phone knows who your friends are? Does it know who you have a crush on? Where you'll be friday night..? Secrets??

It's inspired by a viral site of Nokia I found online www.somebodyelsesphone.com

I thought it was a nice exercise to think about it!

[CBRfanatic]

If I were to loose my phone the person who found it would learn that;

I'm in the military
I work around multi-million $ aircraft
I like to party
I have a 2yr old who has a matching flight suit
I'm a CB addict
I do a lot of online shopping
I have an orange case being made by beckymae
I have a lot of important military personnel in my address book

It just goes on and on. Being in the military with a Secret clearance and important people in my phone book I have set my bb to do a wipe if the passcode is wrong after 3 trys. So I back up often in case my son snags my phone. Lol.

This seems like.a cool topic so I hope it gets rolling.

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[amazinglygraceless]

Simplest way to deal with this issue is to simply (A) password lock your
phone (B) Do not save anything to the phone, and especially the memory
card that you would be mortified if someone else saw.

And maybe invest in one of the remote wiping apps, if it is that much
of a worry.

[MapleSyrup]

Being in the military with a Secret clearance and important people in my phone book I have set my bb to do a wipe if the passcode is wrong after 3 trys. So I back up often in case my son snags my phone. Lol.

This seems like.a cool topic so I hope it gets rolling.

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Interresting.. I didn't know you could do that.. Reminds me of the old mission impossible stuff.. Where something would auto destruct after reading..

I just had a mental image of someone looking into your BB and it starts making smoke and catches on fire haha

Thanks

[amazinglygraceless]

Interresting.. I didn't know you could do that.. )

The default is ten. I have mine set to 4. To change it go to options > security options >
general settings and change Number of Password Attempts. But be very careful with
this. The lower you set this number the more important it becomes to get the p/word
right.

[jeffh]

How to Set A Password:

Options / Security Options / General Settings /
Password: Enabled
Number of Password Attempts: 10
Security Timeout: your choice
Prompt on Application Install: No
Lock Handheld Upon Holstering: your choice
Allow Outgoing Calls While Locked: No
Content Compression: Enabled
Content Protection: Enabled
Strength: Strong
Include Address Book: No

With these settings, your caller ID will still work, but if you lose your BlackBerry, no one can make calls on it and your friends' and family's personal information in your address book is protected.

Press the Escape key. You'll be prompted to enter a password and verify it. BE SURE YOU REMEMBER IT. There is no way to bypass the password on a BlackBerry. If you forget it, you will have no choice but to wipe the BlackBerry back to its factory-out-of-the-box configuration, which deletes all user data and resets the password. You can then use the phone.

You can also encrypt your microSD card separately. Depending on what you use it for, that might also be a good idea. It is not wiped when the bb wipes after 10 incorrect attempts. Obviously it can also be removed from the device and used separately, unless encrypted.

It's also a good idea to put a number to call in case the BlackBerry is found in your owner info field. That way, if somebody finds your locked BlackBerry, they can call you to return it. I lost mine in the Washington DC Metro. Because it was locked with a number to call if found, I had it back in four hours.

If you exceed your password attempts limit (defaults to 10, but you can set it as low as 3), you will be prompted one last time to type the word BlackBerry. The device will then wipe. It will be reset to the factory out-of-the-box condition, and the password reset. You will lose everything in the device memory, with no possibility of recovery. It will not reformat the microSD card, since that's not part of the factory configuration. The phone will still be usable, and the operating system will be unchanged. So this technique cannot be used to roll back from an OS upgrade problem.

The preceding instructions are for locking your device. To password protect individual files, you need a third party application. The program linked in this thread purports to do that, but I have not used it and cannot vouch for it: FileLock

[crackcookie]

Thats pretty cool, I never knew it wiped it back to default settings.

[crackcookie]

I just updated my owner information with this topic

[benzworm]

it has my address in it.... thats bad!