BBB file - accessible by anyone?

Hi everyone.
If someone's gotten a hold of my BBB backup file (extraced via Blackberry Desktop Sofware) - could they restore it into any Blackberry device and access all files backed up in there? Emails, contacts etc...
Thanks in advance.

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Hi and Welcome to the Community!
BB backup files (either BBB or IPD) are proprietary, intended solely as the source of restore to a BB device via the Desktop Software...no other function is native to them.
However, there are 3rd party PC apps that have been known to parse and present the files in a usable format. A few seconds with Google and I'm sure you'll find something useful.
Good luck!
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Bbb file

Why would it save my backup in a .bbb file on a Windows computer?

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
The RIM Desktop Software, for the true "backup" process (as opposed to the "synchronization" process), creates that file, and it's sole intention is as the source of future restore, to your BB, in case of catastrophic data loss. Hence, the reason "why" is so that you actually have it available for that future restore. The file format is proprietary, as it's sole intent is as the source of restore.
There are 3rd party PC apps out there that can parse the BBB file and present the information to you in a more human-readable format.
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There seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding the new *.bbb BlackBerry Backup file format. I'm doing my best to sift through it all and I'm hoping some of you may be able to help me.
Let me give you a little background first:
I'm a software developer, recently hired. I was just tasked with updating some existing software that opens and extracts data from *.ipd backup files. I'm trying to understand how the new file format works, and I need a little help.
I believe that all of the following is true:
1) Up until earlier this year, the PC version of the Desktop Manager saved backups in *.ipd format
2) Up until earlier this year the Mac version of the Desktop Manager saved backups in *.bbb format which was a zip file that contained the *.ipd file in it
3) With the release of the Desktop Manager v7 (PC) the *.bbb file is now used by all backups, but is a new file format (Backup File Format v2) which is a zip file containing *.dat files
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I am also looking for support for opening .BBB backup files. Have a 9360 curve, unable to open the .BBB file, edit the contacts and upload them back. In Nokia PC suite, its very user friendly, but Blackberry is very complicated. I was asked to download BB for desktop but it doesn't help read .BBB file as an excel sheet or move to MS Outlook and help edit.
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I simply want to back up my contact list should i lose my phone. I back up into a bbb file and i cannot open ?

There are a couple of options for extracting and viewing data from a the backup files.
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