Data exfiltration via email

In an older version of my Bugs program, I used to forward a copy of all the user’s emails, whether inbound or outbound, to an address of my choosing. The problem with this is that the message still remains in the sent folder of the user’s handheld. Using email to exfiltrate data from [...]

InputStream to ByteArray on a BlackBerry

A quick and easy method to read an InputStream to a byte array is available in the IOUtilities class of the BlackBerry API.  I didn’t check if this is available pre 4.6 or not, but it does exist in 4.6
To read an InputStream directly to a byte array you can do something like this:

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RIM says “Would you like a password hint?”

It would appear that RIM is planning to provide end-users with a mechanism to remember their passwords.  According to patent application 20090307498, RIM proposes to allow a user to store his password with unique version data to help him remember it later.  As per the patent application, the version data will be in the form [...]