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Yea, And Your BlackBerry Messages Aren’t Safe Either

Posted in Privacy by Dan at 9:02 am
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The first known Blackberry trojan hoarse has surfaced.

The latest version of legal spying software FlexiSpy enables remote third parties to bug the voice calls, log SMS and mobile email messages and track the location of a BlackBerry user.

Now don’t get all concerned just yet. The BlackBerrys built-in firewall thwarts the trojan from doing any harm by blocking internet access to any application without a users consent. Yes, the program could be installed and registered with the firewall service if somebody leaves their Blackberry unattended, but a simple password on your handheld can prevent almost all harm.

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