BlackBerry Safeguard Gets Captured on Camera
With the security conscious company BlackBerry releasing an Android device this fall, some of our worrisome minds are thinking about the heart of the companies morals and the device name… privacy. We have known that BlackBerry Safeguard will come pre-installed on the device, but never knew how it would run or how it would look….
BlackBerry Adds Priv to Their Website
Now that BlackBerry has outed the Android slider, the Priv they are wasting no time on ramping up the excitement officially. From the announcement on Friday and then showing it off on BNN. The Priv is now officially on the BlackBerry.com site. They even went as far as quoting some of the other blog sites…
Facebook Mobile App News Feed Having Privacy Issues
A week or so ago, I noticed that my News Feed in the BlackBerry 10 Facebook app was inundated with posts showing me everything my friends “Like” or comment on, including activities of people who were NOT on my Friends list. For example: Bob is not my friend, but Sally is my friend. I see…
Verizon Exec Confirms that "Don’t Look at Us to Protect Your Data"
Wow talk about a fiasco of a presentation from Marcus Sachs, Verizon’s vice president of national security policy, at Cyber Security Summit last week. The Verizon VP was full of himself essentially claiming that it is not his companies responsibility to keep your communication private. According to Sachs, Verizon is only responsible to offer reliable…
OtterBox Defender & Commuter Cases Along With Privacy Screen Released for the BlackBerry Q10
OtterBox has rolled out their lineup of BlackBerry Q10 accessories this month. They are now carrying the classic Defender and slightly less bulky Commuter case lines for the Q10. On top of that they also have a new Privacy Screen Protector that hides text from all four directions except for straight ahead. I am sure…
Connect In Private Launches Email & Browsing Apps That Bypass RIM’s NOC
Connect in Private let us know that they have launched a new app that gives you what they call “Highly Secure BlackBerry Email and Browsing” application that is independent from RIM’s network. This is an interesting development because BES hosting or internal servers offers way more security than Connect In Private but the concept is…
Question: Recommended BlackBerry Torch 9800 Privacy Screen?
Every once in awhile we get a question from our readers that we don’t have a answer for. One of my friends asked me to recommend a privacy screen for his new BlackBerry Torch 9800. This week we received tip from Henry letting us know that Case-Mate has released their BlackBerry Torch 9800 4 Way…
No Privacy On State Issued BlackBerry Devices
This is something I have been saying for years but many of my friends and colleagues still refuse to listen to reason. ANYTHING YOU DO ON YOUR WORK DEVICE CAN BE MONITORED BY YOUR EMPLOYER. That means that it is a BAD idea to apply for a new job from your work BlackBerry. Or in…