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Chapter 1: Utilities and Security
A stranger who finds the phone can silence the alarm with one click
and can call or e-mail you from your phone with another. All of the
other functions of the phone are disabled. The phone will remain
locked — even if it is rebooted — until the proper password is entered.
You can also merely lock the phone by sending bg-lock. This com-
mand also displays the contact screen.
And there’s more: bg-locate will use the GPS capabilities of advanced
models of the BlackBerry to read the location of your device and send
you an e-mail with a link that will open a Web browser to display your
phone’s location on a map. That’s one way to figure out just which
coffee shop or hotel room or office you left it in.
Finally, here’s the big one: bg-wipe. As you’ve no doubt guessed, this
one allows you to remotely and permanently delete data from your
BlackBerry. It will wipe out the contents of your calendar, contact list,
messages, phone logs, memos, tasks, and any files you have stored in
device memory or the media card. In other words, your phone will be
locked and unloaded.
Best features
You can even recover your password, as long as you send a request
from your own e-mail account using another phone or a computer.
The answer will come to where you sent it, but will be deleted on the
BlackBerry so that someone else cannot see it and use it.
Worst features
None really, except that the process might be a bit confusing for some
phone users. Ask a buddy for help.
How to get it
Available from BlackBerry App World and from third-party sites such
as Crackberry. Terra Mobility. www.terramobility.com. Price: $3.99.
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