hmmm, let me guys explain why BlackBerry is famous..

BlackBerry uses a unique type of encryption that is only decrypted on the sending and receiving end, and what a BB server does is just verify the BB pin and pass through whatever data it is to be transmitted. (Thats why some countries ban BB services)


From another point of view, BB should be used for its encryption purposes at first place, but since RIM starting giving out its cypher to some governments , business men started having other ideas.

So the concept basically is, each BB has a unique PIN, and this PIN is tunneled directly through BB server to RIM servers (Thats why BB packages are different from Data packages), and once packets are received at RIM, BB pin is verified through the packet headers (Go through OSI model to get more clarification), and from RIM packets are routed to their designations.

After all it is a bit complicated process, but it is useful for business men who seek privacy.

I don't think most of you here are considered about RIM's privacy, you are mostly concerned about the BBM itself, statistics say 90% of BB owners use other messengers (ie msn, yahoo ....), okay, so what can you do if you want to chat with BBM owners? use a cross platform application!

How can we do that? Use "pidgin messenger"

Concerned about your privacy? "Pidgin provides encryption, that not even superman can break public and private keys"

If you want to know more about these security issues, read about digital signs, private and public keys.

After all my idea is, you can make a virtual device to act like a BB, and actually get a BB pin, but most probably this is going to be working only for the outbound traffic, not the inbound. Just my 2 cents

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Ahmad Alsayegh