BBM Protected & BES12 Dashboard Shown Off in Video
BlackBerry has been going around showing off eBBM (aka BBM Protected since they announced it a few months back. They have also been talking up the upcoming BES12 rollout that combines BES 5 and BES 10. The first rollout of BBM Protected is set to come out in June with the addition of Suite B…
ToySoft Brings “Secure Mail” Encrypted Email App to BlackBerry 10
ToySoft let me know about their new Secure Mail app for BlackBerry 10. The app implements Public Key Cryptography right in the BlackBerry 10 Hub. It does this by allowing you to exchange your public key with other people over email and then using your Private/Public key pair to encrypt communications using AES-256 encryption. It…
Cellcrypt Voice Encryption for Phone Calls Available for BlackBerry 10
Cellcrypt has launched their popular voice encryption software for enterprises on BlackBerry 10 this week. This update gives BlackBerry 10 users the ability to encrypt voice calling and messaging on their phones. The app is free in BlackBerry World but requires a subscription to their Cellcrypt service. Press release below: Voice encryption software now…
Secret Pictures Tries to Recreate SnapChat Over BBM (With More Security)
The popular sexting app SnapChat is still limited to iOS and Android which frustrates many BlackBerry owners. ShaoSoft is trying to do something about that with Secret Pictures for BBM. The app emulates much of SnapChat but since it runs over BBM the security is MUCH better. First of all the app disables screenshots though…
Ekboo Encrypts Your BBM Chats for Total Privacy & Security
I tend to not discuss national secrets over BBM but there seems to be quite a bit of demand for encrypted communications. As we mentioned before BBM conversations are not encrypted but are rather scrambled using a key that is found on all BlackBerrys. Ekboo has decided to take things quite a few steps further…
RPost Registered Email Service With Encryption & Signatures to BlackBerry
RPost has been doing their email proof, email encryption, and electronic signatures in their form of “electronic registered mail” for a while. Now they are extending that functionality for their users to BlackBerrys with their latest BlackBerry app. They are even offering BlackBerry users 10 free complimentary “registered emails” to try out the service….
RIM Providing India BlackBerry Monitoring Tools to Simplify What They Could Already Do
I am still not sure if anybody at RIM has sat down with the folks in India and explained to them how BlackBerry encryption works. Regular consumer BIS and BBM conversations are NOT encrypted which means carriers and governments could view the contents if they had access to the data stream through the carrier. This…
FAQ: BlackBerry Messenger & PIN Messages are NOT Encrypted
I just wanted to provide some more detail to my previous explanation of what communications are encrypted on a BlackBerry. This issue has caused quite a bit of confusion recently so I thought I would clear it up specifically for BlackBerry Messenger and PIN messages. BlackBerry Messenger and PIN to PIN messages are NOT encrypted….