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BlackBerry 10 sends passwords in clear text (translate.google.com)
7 points by hendi_ on July 18, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Cool story. It sounds outrageous to anyone unfamiliar with blackberry, but from what I gather, _this is how blackberry works_. You dont check your email, BIS checks it for you. http://forums.crackberry.com/native-blackberry-os-apps-f152/...


That's how it worked previous to BB10, but BB10 no longer uses BIS. This person disagrees with the original story:

http://market-ticker.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?singlepost=3242...


so does gmail's POP3 fetcher for other email accounts.

non-story!




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