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RIM’s Deal: Saudi Arabia Can Access BlackBerry User Data

Saudi Arabia’s government announced it reached a deal with Research In Motion (RIMM) that will allow the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to continue operating its service there. Under the agreement, RIM will put a server in the nation that will allow the government to monitor messages to and from Blackberries. All of RIM’s servers have been in Canada until now so the company could guarantee confidentiality for its customers though the encryption process on those servers.

According to several news sources, similar deals will probably be sought by other countries that have voiced concerns about the Blackberry encryption procedures. First among these is the United Arab Emirates, which threatened to shut down RIM’s services there on Oct. 11. India and Indonesia have also said they’re concerned about the RIM confidentiality system and their inability to track information that they claim may not be in the best interests of their governments.

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August 8, 2010 Posted by | Android, APAC, BlackBerry, Canada, cellular phone, email, EMEA, encryption, Iphone, privacy, security, spy, technology, USA | Leave a comment

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June 30, 2010 Posted by | BlackBerry, encryption, Iphone, mobile, Nokia, PBX, privacy, security, Windows, Windows Mobile | Leave a comment

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Sexting Case at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case that could impact every American worker who uses a computer, blackberry or text messaging device–whether for innocent messages to loved ones or sexually-charged texts to a mistress.

A final ruling from the justices may establish guidelines on how far the right to privacy covers personal e-mail messages and other communications that workers send or receive on their employer-issued devices.

The use of email and text messaging is ubiquitous. A recent study concluded that 47 billion e-mails are sent worldwide daily. A different study calculated that Americans send nearly 5 billion text messages each day. Those reports do not distinguish messages sent from employer or personally-owned devices.

“Encouraging or allowing the personal use of company-provided communications devices produces significant business advantages, incentivizing employees to employ their devices ever more frequently, and thus to be ever more available-and willing-to attend to business tasks, in addition to personal ones,” lawyer Andrew Pincus wrote to the Supreme Court on behalf of several organizations in support of two police officers who sued their boss after he obtained a print out of their text messages.

Sergeants Jeff Quon and Steve Trujillo were part of the Ontario, California SWAT team who received pagers capable of sending text messages. Officials with the police department, located 35 miles east of Los Angeles, believed the pagers would help expedite internal communications especially during critical situations.

Several months after the pagers were issued, Quon’s boss asked for a read-out of his messages. As it turned out, most of Quon’s texts were not work related. “To say the least, [the messages were] sexually explicit in nature,” observed Judge Virginia Phillips. The majority of Quon’s personal messages went to his estranged wife, his office girlfriend and Trujillo.

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April 17, 2010 Posted by | BlackBerry, cellular phone, eavesdrop, mobile, privacy, security, spy, text message, USA | Leave a comment

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Carrier specific APN/TCP settings

BlackBerry TCP/IP Configuration Success Reports

credit – Mark Rejhon and bfrye
Nextel/Telus – iDEN – Has TCP/IP

No APN/TCP settings required on iDEN units including 65XX, 75XX and 7100i. They are special because they are iDEN and more native TCP/IP. After a new BlackBerry activation, you may need to wait 2 business days before third party Internet software such as VeriChat works. In the past, it was necessary to call Nextel to order the static IP address option (about $4/month), but now a static IP address appears to be included with BlackBerries by default.
Rogers – Has TCP/IP

Go to Options->TCP

APN: internet.com

Username/password is blank

Note: If this does not work, call Rogers and get the “internet.com Access Point Name” added to your account. If they say it already exists, tell them to load up the records anyway, just to doublecheck.
T-Mobile – Has TCP/IP

Go to Options->TCP (or Tools->TCP)

APN: wap.voicestream.com

Username: (blank)

Password: (blank)

Note: T-Mobile has fixed the port-blocking issue – see this post for more info. In rare cases, it is reported you may need to enter your T-Mobile username and password, the same information used for logging into http://www.t-mobile.com/bwc … If it still does not work properly, just call T-Mobile (call after Feburary 11th, 2005), and ask them to get the “wap.voicestream.com Internet Access Point Name” added to your BlackBerry account at no extra charge.
Cingular Orange – Has TCP/IP

Go to Options->TCP

APN: wap.cingular

Username: wap@cingulargprs.com

Password: CINGULAR1

Formerly, it used to be difficult to get this to work on Cingular but in December 2005, a new Internet Browser Icon suddenly appeared on Cingular BlackBerry units. When this happened, it also suddenly became easier to use Cingular BlackBerry with TCP/IP. If you are still having problems, please click here.

Reports from contact with Cingular (now AT&T) Blackberry support are that due to an October 2007 change in the system settings, many users will no longer need to use the wap.cingular settings. Blackberry users can now purportedly bypass the AT&T proxy that the wap.cingular setup required and can now have direct access using isp.cingular settings. Try the following settings:

Go to Settings->Advanced Options->TCP

APN: isp.cingular

Username: (leave blank)

Password: (leave blank)
Cingular Blue – Has TCP/IP

Go to Options->TCP

APN: proxy

Username: (blank)

Password: (blank)

Try using these settings if you are on the former AT&T network, instead of the Cingular settings.
Verizon – Has TCP/IP

Newer models including 7250 and 7130 now has a TCP/IP stack, no configuration is needed. Many third party Internet applications work out of the box on it! However, the older 6750 and 7750 models will NOT work with TCP/IP.
Telus – CDMA – Has Partial TCP/IP

Recently, in late 2005, this feature got activated on newer Telus units. Newer models including 7250 now has a TCP/IP stack, no configuration is needed. However, there seems to be blocking for certain applications such as IM. Several third party Internet applications work out of the box on it! However, the older 6750 and 7750 models will NOT work with TCP/IP.
Bell Mobility – Does NOT Work; Need MDS hosting

Unfortunately, none of the Bell Mobility BlackBerries have a TCP/IP stack enabled. Not even the 7250. A future BlackBerryOS may fix this, or Bell Mobility might enable the feature in the future. No timeline known. For now, get BES/MDS Hosting in order to make 3rd party Internet applications work. (Note: Some applications such as IM+ will work on Bell Moblity if configuring using WAP/gateway/APN settings listed below. See this post)
Sprint – Unknown; Might Work

Unknown. There is enough TCP/IP functionality in BlackBerryOS 4.0.0.204 or later, for software such as Verichat and Berry411 to work. This BlackBerryOS is preinstalled on the model 7250. Some software such as Reqwireless Emailviewer will require you to input gateway IP address information (See below). For the best TCP/IP support, you must use BES/MDS. You will need to pay $10 to $25 extra per month for BES/MDS Hosting in order to gain access to the Internet and TCP/IP software.
Other Carriers – Might Work This is a list posted by a wonderful forum member bfrye on BlackBerryForums.com … In addition to this list, there is also another list of alternate APN’s on the Internet. You may have to telephone your carrier to tell them to get the Access Point Name (APN) added to your BlackBerry mobile phone account. Here are the most common APN’s, although they can change over time:

AT&T

Gateway IP: 10.250.250.250

Port: 9201

APN: proxy

Bell Mobility

Gateway IP: 207.236.197.199

Port: 9203

APN: internet.com

Cincinnati Bell

Gateway IP: 216.68.79.199

Port: 9201

APN: wap.gocbw.com

username: cbw

Cingular (modem compatible)

Gateway IP: ?

Port: ?

APN: isp.cingular

Username:

Password: CINGULAR1

Cingular

Gateway IP: ?

Port: ?

APN: wap.cingular

Username: wap@cingulargprs.com

Password: CINGULAR1

Cingular

Gateway IP: 66.209.11.61

Port: 9203

APN: blackberry.net
Dobson

APN: cellular1wap

O2 (Germany)

Gateway IP: 195.182.114.52

Port: 9201

APN: wap.viaginterkorn.de

O2 (Holland)

Gateway IP: 193.113.200.195

Port: 9201

APN: internet

O2 (Ireland)

Gateway IP: 192.168.90.74

Port: 9201

APN: wap.dol.ie

username: gprs

password: gprs

O2 (UK)

Gateway IP: 192.113.200.195

Port: 9201

APN: wap.o2.co.uk

username: o2wap

password: password

Rogers

Gateway IP: 208.200.67.150

Port: 9201

APN: blackberry.net
T-Mobile (Czech)

Gateway: ?

Port: ?

APN:internet.t-mobile.cz
T-Mobile (UK) 1

Gateway IP: 149.254.1.10

Port: 9201

APN: general.t-mobile.uk
T-Mobile (UK) 2

Gateway IP: 140.254.1.0

Port: 9201

APN: blackberry.net
T-Mobile (Germany)

Gateway IP: 193.254.160.2

Port: 9201

APN: wap.t-dl.de
T-Mobile (US)

Gateway IP: 216.155.165.50

Port: 9201

APN: wap.voicestream.com
T-Mobile (US)

Gateway IP: ?

Port: ?

APN: internet2.voicestream.com
Telcel

APN: internet.itelcel.com

Username: webgprs

Password: webgrps2002

NOTE: If you have a Blackberry Pearl with Telcel and you add this APN, you _will_ get charged for GPRS data transfer (at $0.12/kb). Even if you are paying for BlackBerry Internet Service ($299+IVA). I am currently trying to get this resolved with Telcel, but I suggest you leave this blank for now if you don’t want to pay more.
Telefonica Movil

Gateway IP: 192.168.80.21

Port: 9201

APN wap.movistar.es
Telstra

Gateway IP: 10.1.1.150

Port: 9201

APN: telstra.internet
TIM (Italy)

Gateway IP: 213.26.205.1

Port: 9201

APN: wap.tim.it
Unicel (US)

Gateway: ?

Port: ?

APN:apn.unicel.com
Verizon Alternate

Gateway IP: 12.168.70.74

Port: 9201
Verizon

Gateway IP: 153.114.115.100

Port 9203
Vodafone (NL)

Gateway IP: 192.168.251.150

Port: 9201

APN: blackberry.vodafone.nl

username: vodafone

Password: vodafone
Vodafone (Spain)

Gateway IP: 212.73.32.10

Port: 9201

APN: airtelwap.es

username: wap@wap

password: wap125
Vodafone (UK)

Gateway IP: 212.183.137.12

Port: 9201

APN: wap.vodafone.uk

username: user@vodafone.net

password: user

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February 26, 2010 Posted by | BlackBerry, technology, wireless | Leave a comment

Carrier APN Settings

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This page contains carrier APN settings, for setting up your iPhone with other carriers data services.

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February 26, 2010 Posted by | BlackBerry, Iphone, technology, wireless | Leave a comment

Hackers Show It’s Easy to Snoop on a GSM Call

Computer security researchers say that the GSM phones used by the majority of the world’s mobile-phone users can be listened in on with just a few thousand dollars worth of hardware and some free open-source tools.

In a presentation given Sunday at the Chaos Communication Conference in Berlin, researcher Karsten Nohl said that he had compiled 2 terabytes worth of data — cracking tables that can be used as a kind of reverse phone-book to determine the encryption key used to secure a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) telephone conversation or text message.

While Nohl stopped short of releasing a GSM-cracking device — that would be illegal in many countries, including the U.S. — he said he divulged information that has been common knowledge in academic circles and made it “practically useable.”

Intercepting mobile phone calls is illegal in many countries, including the U.S., but GSM-cracking tools are already available to law enforcement. Knoll believes that criminals are probably using them too. “We have just basically copied what you can already buy in a commercial product,” he said.

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December 29, 2009 Posted by | BlackBerry, cellular phone, eavesdrop, encryption, illegal, mobile, phone tap, privacy, security, spy, tap, technology, USA | Leave a comment

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