Blackberry - have you lost your Corporate mind?

Question

I bought the Classic, brilliant phone (but still have a favourite spot for my Bold 9780), it does Blackberry Security in spades. Well done Blackberry! Now, not being a great one for multiple apps I havent bothered too much up until now, the legacy ones that I thought I should use are still there. I decided to dip my toe in the Amazon App to access some of these "brilliant apps" that are not available for BB10 natively but are supplied by Amazon Store. Now then, before even using Amazon Store - its demanding access to everything on my phone and on the Cloud! Have you lost your Corporate Mind? The most security conscious phone and operating system manufacturer on the planet, and you "do a deal" with someone demanding that level of information just to access their storefront? Its exactly like going in to buy a newspaper and the store clerk reads your mail in your pocket first - and thats before you buy a newspaper. Good grief Blackberry, what on earth were you thinking?

Answer 1

Honestly, i will never install or use a preinstalled app that will demand so many permissions. Too risky. I use to use 1Mobile market for android apps on my Z10, but after that app was updated, it also asked for permissions to the microphone and camera for what they call "Data collection". No way.  But that was a third party android app store. Probably much much less secure than the Amazon App store. If your phone does not have sensitive information on it on a daily basis, i would say use it, but if you do, stay away.