Comments on: Navy locks down BlackBerrys

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:19:29 +0000

I am the BlackBerry Administrator for a government agency in Australia & we have very similar IT Policies to those Martin mentioned. I’d be highly suprised & concerned if any Defence department, Government agency, or bank didn’t have such restrictive policies.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:19:00 +0000

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:54:43 +0000

I did not expect the US Navy to be so permissive. We (German Bank) have the same restrictions (except GPS) plus the device gets locked after 30 minutes inactivity and after 60 minutes even if the user is active. Not to mention that we don’t have any desktop software installed…

Why is GPS disabled? Is there something we should know about GPS?

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Why is GPS disabled? Is there something we should know about GPS?

By: alan k

alan k — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:02:56 +0000

These measures don’t look extraordinarily tough. I work for one of the wireless carriers, and have a blackberry. The measures you outline are almost the same as the ones enforced here.

By: Airman

Airman — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:02:19 +0000

I work for the Air Force, and our BB8800s lock after an hour of unused activity. Amusingly, we were able to get them purchased and approved only to come and find out the Air Force has not approved the 8800 model for use. We were told we may have to turn them in and get 8700s. Ridiculous.

By: Airman

Airman — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:02:00 +0000

By: alan k

alan k — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:02:00 +0000

These measures don’t look extraordinarily tough. I work for one of the wireless carriers, and have a blackberry. The measures you outline are almost the same as the ones enforced here.