Specifications

Attack Surface Analysis of BlackBerry Devices
interaction to succeed. However protection via user judgement cannot be overestimated, as it has been
proven ineffective over and over again on other platforms such as the PC.
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As the BlackBerry continues to become more popular, especially with non-government, mainstream con-
sumers and enterprises, the trend for RIM has been to add more user friendly features such as a camera
and Bluetooth file transfer. The security implications of these new features have yet to be fully explored, but
as the features and market share of the BlackBerry continue to grow, the incentives for maligned parties to
target the platform will likely increase in a corresponding fashion.
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