Blackberry getting the message out on Security after Apple iCloud mess
- Check out this nice information packets concerning Blackberry Security on their website. Nice to see they are finally getting the word out on what they do best.. Seems pretty convincing to me..
Lots of content for the naysayers..
Mobile Security - Explore Mobile Device Security - BlackBerry - Canada
http://images.biz.blackberry.com/Web...rity_Works.pdf
http://us.blackberry.com/content/dam...2_Gold_EMM.pdf09-04-14 11:42 AMLike 0 - Search, share, & save 1000s of #CONAN mono jokes & @ConanOBrien tweets @ https://t.co/RCuzs7y1fq https://t.co/QRHVoFoGZM
This is a good one
Z1009-04-14 11:57 AMLike 0 - then pls tell me how i can access the files of my workstation from my laptop using blackberry link ONLY and how i can automatically sync pictures and other content to linked devices. im serious, if thats all possible then ill be using my blackberry as my cloud, i have more than 10gb of free space on the device and its always connected to either wifi or high speed 4g and always with me. if it all syncs automatically even from my workstation and laptop then you can bring it up as an alternative to onedrive icloud etc, otherwise its not.
The workstation will appear as an option in your file browser and file picker on your BlackBerry. Anything saved, edited, deleted from the phone happens on the workstation. Photos, videos or other documents will not find their way there automatically but selecting it is trivial and good for your data plan.
As for sync with other devices any other BlackBerry managed by link on that workstation can also access the files and your blackberry can be the bridge between multiple workstations. And of course any other workstations on the network that have access to the share. So not a complete multi-device cloud solution but a pretty impressive one that keeps your data yours and safe.
Definitely a viable solution for accessing data on your workstation and laptop from your phone.
Posted via CB1009-04-14 12:55 PMLike 0 - then pls tell me how i can access the files of my workstation from my laptop using blackberry link ONLY and how i can automatically sync pictures and other content to linked devices. im serious, if thats all possible then ill be using my blackberry as my cloud, i have more than 10gb of free space on the device and its always connected to either wifi or high speed 4g and always with me. if it all syncs automatically even from my workstation and laptop then you can bring it up as an alternative to onedrive icloud etc, otherwise its not.
Posted via CB1009-04-14 12:56 PMLike 0 - then pls tell me how i can access the files of my workstation from my laptop using blackberry link ONLY and how i can automatically sync pictures and other content to linked devices. im serious, if thats all possible then ill be using my blackberry as my cloud, i have more than 10gb of free space on the device and its always connected to either wifi or high speed 4g and always with me. if it all syncs automatically even from my workstation and laptop then you can bring it up as an alternative to onedrive icloud etc, otherwise its not.
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Posted via CB1009-04-14 01:28 PMLike 0 - Unfortunately for BlackBerry the consumer base doesn't give a hoot about this at all and never will. I would be willing to bet that less than 50% of the average handset consumer has even heard about this and less than a quarter would care or think it would be an issue for them anyways . There has been significant identity theft issue for years if not decades but the id protection industry is still a relatively niche market. The public for the most part just doesn't care about privacy issues at all until someone either shows up at their house and physically takes it from them or they are a victim of id theft and are forced to take significant steps to fix the damage. BlackBerry just needs to build a better Android or IOS phone and ecosystem. They aren't any where close to this right now.
I can only imagine the outcry had this flaw come to light via the exposure of an illicit pedo ring accessing random under age selfies through the same flaw.
Which when you think about it, theres no way this can't already have been happening.
Posted via CB1009-04-14 03:59 PMLike 0 - You're right- until issues like this are taken with a bit more public focus companies like apple will continue to provide a solution that lacks the robust security measures the likes of blackberry pride themselves on.
I can only imagine the outcry had this flaw come to light via the exposure of an illicit pedo ring accessing random under age selfies through the same flaw.
Which when you think about it, theres no way this can't already have been happening.
Posted via CB1009-04-14 04:16 PMLike 0 - Part of the issue of why Cloud servers even exist for mobile devices is due to the device storage limitations...I'm looking in your direction iPhone.
I can not imagine requiring more than 60 GB of synced media (pictures and videos) available on my phone, add in a simple ability to encrypt said media sums up my solution. It is also immediately available...regardless of connection or mobile contract.
Need more access to the overflow of the rest your less active media/files then link is always available for media retrieval when needed.
What am I missing?09-04-14 04:35 PMLike 0 - Part of the issue of why Cloud servers even exist for mobile devices is due to the device storage limitations...I'm looking in your direction iPhone.
I can not imagine requiring more than 60 GB of synced media (pictures and videos) available on my phone, add in a simple ability to encrypt said media sums up my solution. It is also immediately available...regardless of connection or mobile contract.
Need more access to the overflow of the rest your less active media/files then link is always available for media retrieval when needed.
What am I missing?
Posted via CB1009-04-14 04:39 PMLike 0 -
- Anyone saying link is a viable solution... writing physical letters is one too yet I would rather use email. You try to justify what you think is true by telling me if you make ****load of compromises it will be something like what I want. Accessing files through a samba share is not an option for me... if all you do is messing with excel files then fine but as a coder it's not something viable for me. Having a local copy is a must for me, because there are ****load stuff a cifs (samba share filesystem) won't support ever, for example symbolic links, also the speed is quite terrible as well.
BlackBerry Q10 SQN100-309-04-14 05:53 PMLike 0 -
Posted via CB1009-04-14 10:55 PMLike 0 - Anyone saying link is a viable solution... writing physical letters is one too yet I would rather use email. You try to justify what you think is true by telling me if you make ****load of compromises it will be something like what I want. Accessing files through a samba share is not an option for me... if all you do is messing with excel files then fine but as a coder it's not something viable for me. Having a local copy is a must for me, because there are ****load stuff a cifs (samba share filesystem) won't support ever, for example symbolic links, also the speed is quite terrible as well.
BlackBerry Q10 SQN100-3
Posted via CB1009-04-14 11:05 PMLike 0 - No security flaw, the iClouds were hacked via bruteforce, which can happen to anyone and anything. Even BB. JS.
Those celebs had **** passwords, that's all.
Either that or some kind of leak or dump from other site that they were registered on was used as test lists and use those against iCloud. iCloud was just a victim of it all.
That being said, stupid uneducated people will not care and just say apple sux at sekuritee so BlackBerry should really take this as a chance to make a two step authentication in their login systems, which I hopefully assume that they do so with their Enterprise services.09-04-14 11:11 PMLike 0 - No security flaw, the iClouds were hacked via bruteforce, which can happen to anyone and anything. Even BB. JS.
Those celebs had **** passwords, that's all.
Either that or some kind of leak or dump from other site that they were registered on was used as test lists and use those against iCloud. iCloud was just a victim of it all.
That being said, stupid uneducated people will not care and just say apple sux at sekuritee so BlackBerry should really take this as a chance to make a two step authentication in their login systems, which I hopefully assume that they do so with their Enterprise services.
Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.324709-04-14 11:32 PMLike 0 -
- I run a network at home with multiple servers and desktops and a higher end cable Internet connection and it is pretty easy to have complete access to everything through one pc with mapped drives, a common and safe way to network and using Link. I have a good reliable Internet connection and pretty much unlimited storage. I find the concept of shared storage over the Internet useful but find it idiotic that calling servers, data centers and shared storage "the cloud" and that it is somehow more special losing control and detail to the fog of trusting strangers over my own stuff? My cloud is better because I know who is in charge and have absolute trust in myself. I use dropbox, etc, to share with others who I don't trust in my own network. Again, to each his own, but "the cloud" is nothing new and it is not special.
Z30 Rocks!HabsFan9860 likes this.09-05-14 01:05 AMLike 1 -
Limited attempts- can't that quite easily be abused to deny service to actual end users?
Posted via CB10Djlatino likes this.09-05-14 01:54 AMLike 1 - The only way to stop brute force attacks is with two or more step authentication that is tripped when some weird IP logs in. Facebook implemented this with both their main service and IG, along with MS with anything linked to Outlook.com
Prevention/=/Stopping09-05-14 02:56 AMLike 0 - The methods described here with Link will be interesting to a geek but not a consumer including the celebrities we are talking about. Any consumer who has a little of security needs will always want a easy way of setup.
I can see Dropbox and Google benefiting out of this chaos. Google with its dominance services on iOS platform, don't be surprised if they come up with a twist of GDrive with better authentication, better encryption plugging in to maximum possible services (photos, docs, app data) from iPhone.
And Ya. People listen to Google not BlackBerry. That is a fact.09-05-14 04:18 AMLike 0 -
Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.324709-05-14 08:40 AMLike 0 - No worries. Apple is fixing whatever is broken: http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...904-story.html
Z10 STL100-1, OS 10.3.0.115409-05-14 08:52 AMLike 0
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