BlackBerry Data Security - Practical Concerns

An interesting link

Password Recovery Speeds

Astro have you also considered passphrases? - http//world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html

The link you gave for "times" needed are (understandably) very "variable", and "generic".

Yes, I realized that after I posted the link. Came across all kinds of different formulas and calculators for figuring length of time. Thanks for the additional useful links.

And thank you, trewmte, for the link. I do use passphrases. It's the only way I can remember a 32 character complex password. lol With the BlackBerry's physical keyboard I'm actually very fast at entering a long complex password. Muscle memory is a huge part of the efficiency. The thing is, it's not so convenient when driving 😯 or when partying at the club (and not driving). roll That's why I end up compromising on security in another way by increasing the security timeout … to an hour! Yes, I can lock it with one press of a key, but it's always in the back of my mind what if I lose it or it's stolen, and I haven't locked it?!? An hour unlocked in that situation is a huge security breach. That's why I'm contemplating a much shorter, more convenient passphrase so I can reduce my security timeout to one minute. That way my BlackBerry is almost always locked. I can set it and forget it, and it's not a major inconvenience to unlock it in any situation even a hundred times per day.

UPDATE

I ried out the 6 character password with the one minute timeout yesterday and today. There's another loss of convenience to report reduced battery life. If the Blackberry is locking after a minute by itself, and I'm unlocking it every single time I go to use it, battery life suffers. I went back to the 32 character passphrase and the one hour security timeout. ?