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Re:Why Enterprise Software Sucks by scarface74 on Friday October 11, 2019 @06:58PM (#21229220)
This sounds worse than modern ActiveSync - which Apple introduces support for in 2010 (2009?). You also didn’t have to send all of your email through BlackBerry’s servers.

With ActiveSync, my email will usually reach my phone/cellular watch/iPad before it reaches my computer.

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Re:Why Enterprise Software Sucks by amaccuish on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:15PM (#21235055)
True. The messages were encrypted, but ye if RIM went down, no email for you. Even if your email server was working fine.
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Re:Why Enterprise Software Sucks by scarface74 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @05:27PM (#21236456)
Well, it being encrypted doesn’t help when RIM had the encryption keys and would give them up to any government entity.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/blackberry_gi...

https://www.engadget.com/2016/04/18/blackberry-ceo-wont-say-...

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Re:Why Enterprise Software Sucks by amaccuish on Sunday October 13, 2019 @02:18PM (#21241876)
So that applied to consumer users. When connecting via BES, the connection was end to end encrypted, RIM never had the keys.
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