- Ok I'm fairly new to blackberry security n I was wondering how secure is my blackberry... I've heard of how the iphone's OS tracks your every move no mater what u do .... And well it got me thinking about my security sense I have my security and fire wall turned on...
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-21-11 11:31 AMLike 0 - Yea I agree with rdiddy_25 I switched to blackberry from iphone because of security
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-21-11 11:41 AMLike 0 -
- Reed McLayRetired ModeratorThe answer depends on several factors.
1. What part of the World are you in?
2. Do you use third party applications?
If you live in North America or Europe, only Law Enforsement agnecies can gain access to your communications using BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS).
If you live in the Middle East or South Asia, there is no requirement for a Law Enforsement agency to get involved. All communications are routinely monitored and data mined. That now includes BIS.
If your BlackBerry is Enterprise connected, you will have the more advanced BES with high strength encryption. Nobody can monitor that.
If you you install a third party application you risk comprimise of everything, including the GPS chip.04-21-11 12:35 PMLike 0 -
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-21-11 05:39 PMLike 0 -
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-21-11 05:48 PMLike 0 -
- simplest answer, the BlackBerry platform is Secure.
breaks in security whether it involves YOU ( regular person) or a company are usually "user error" and a tiny bit of malicious activity from somebody else.
Ask yourself, how many times have you given your email address? whether to take a survey or to get a FREE something from the store?
Next question is, how strong is your password.. Surprisingly, a lot of people still uses "password" or "1234" as their password.
having said that, even if you own a BlackBerry, if you're not careful to how you keep your information safe, you won't be immune to hacking or an invasion of your privacy.
But somethings are simply out of your control. Just like with Epsilon, the company who holds most of the email addresses of consumers from Big companies recently had a breach.04-21-11 07:15 PMLike 0 -
There have been several court cases with the not so uncommon insider trading scandals that included evidence from bb communications including bbm.
If they want the info, they can get it.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-21-11 09:56 PMLike 0 -
and the more you know about a BlackBerry the BETTER it is, performance wise.
little things, like keyboard shortcuts..04-21-11 10:17 PMLike 0 -
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-22-11 12:20 AMLike 0 -
http://crackberry.com/blackberry-101-how-lecture-series
Look around on the forums too. By reading different threads there's no doubt you'll find a bunch of new tips and information that you didn't know before. Some of those lecture series articles are a little old, but they are still relevant to todays BB.04-22-11 08:00 AMLike 0 - Reed McLayRetired Moderator
That means, in Developed Countrys, Law Enforsement agencies can apply for a Court Order to monitor a specific account(s). They do recieve email and BBM content in clear text, with timestamps and trail of custody to make them admissable in Court.
It also means, developing nations, where legal requriements differ or there is no concept of human rights, any agency that can monitor communications, can also decrypt BIS.
India acknowlaged they have that technology, provided by Research in Motion, but they do not have the technology to apply to BES with strong encryption. Nobody does, it was created to insure that.
Radius makes a good point:
FYI, if the authorities want your info they will get it, you can't stop them.
Lets say you have information stored on your AES encrypted BlackBerry and you have a password to gain access.
What do you think your chances of keeping the password confidential are when you are being tortured in some developing nation?californiablackberry likes this.04-22-11 10:46 AMLike 1 - Sorry if I'm bringing back a slightly old thread, but am I to understand that BIS logs all communication made through it?
How secure are these servers? No good having a locked down device if your info is on an unsecure server, after all, and with the recent PSN hack I'm getting slightly wary of keeping data in "the cloud".05-28-11 12:14 PMLike 0 - It sounds like Biss is no more secure than any other CDMA service. I hear people on here all the time talking about how secure Blackberry is but Bess is the only one that is really secure & I think a lot of people are misinform about the Biss security which most of us have.05-28-11 12:44 PMLike 0
- Sorry if I'm bringing back a slightly old thread, but am I to understand that BIS logs all communication made through it?
How secure are these servers? No good having a locked down device if your info is on an unsecure server, after all, and with the recent PSN hack I'm getting slightly wary of keeping data in "the cloud".
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comLast edited by T�nis; 05-28-11 at 01:12 PM.
jerry12 likes this.05-28-11 01:07 PMLike 1 - All debating aside, blackberry is the most secure mobile platform out there, nobody can deny that. Is it 100% secure? No, nothing is.
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