Blackberry, Tips - July 6th, 2010
5 steps to secure your blackberry
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BlackBerry is the most popular gadget in the world, like facebook and maybe the iPhone. So no surprise if the current BlackBerry users are not limited to executives or entrepreneurs, and even elementary school children also now have started using a BlackBerry, although in terms of functionality may only use it for just the chat or facebook!. If you are one of the many BlackBerry users, the following tips may be useful mainly to secure important data on your BlackBerry and make sure you avoid data theft by the hands of ignorant.
- Enable Password Protection on BlackBerry
Most BlackBerry users are too lazy or even reluctant to activate the password feature to protect his BlackBerry. The reason simply because they are too lazy to type the password when I have to unlock the BlackBerry when to use it. Though this feature is extremely useful to prevent the hands of ignorant to use your BlackBerry.
How : on the BlackBerry click menu [Option] – [Security Options] – [General Settings] and then sets the Enable Password at the position. - Secure Password with Password Keeper
Never store passwords on your BlackBerry browser, always use the Password Keeper for storing your important passwords passwords. - Data Encryption in Bluetooth
On the BlackBerry click menu [Option] – [Security Options] – [General Settings] on the Content Protection set Enable and then select Strenght on strong positions, Stronger or strongest suit your needs. This encryption feature can also applied to your Phone Book, so that the important numbers and confidential at the BlackBerry will be safer. - Turn off Bluetooth when no needed
By the default, Bluetooth on the BlackBerry is in the ON position, it’s better if you immediately turn off Bluetooth when its not used. That’s to prevent the Bluetooth hacking or spread of Bluetooth viruses. - Memory clean-up
Click the menu [Option] – [Security Options] – [Memory Cleaning] is useful to clean (cache) of key data such as passwords or email is not encrypted on your Blackbery memory.