Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry announced Monday the release of new "enhanced security" for its popular BBM messaging, aiming to win back corporate users with high security needs such as banks. The BBM Protected application for messaging between the company's lines of smartphones uses the FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library -- the US government computer security standard. In a statement, BlackBerry called it "the most secure and reliable real-time mobile messaging" available. BlackBerry helped create a culture of mobile users glued to smartphones, but lost its luster as many moved to iPhones or devices using Google's Android software.



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