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28 Third-party program control Prevent third-party programs from transmitting data Set permissions for third-party programs Control external connections Control connections with the device Control access to personal information Security - frequently asked questions About firewall settings If you have third-party programs on your BlackBerry® device, the firewall option is designed to prevent these programs from transmitting data without your knowledge. Related topic Legal notice (See page 139.) Prevent third-party programs from transmitting data When a third-party program on your BlackBerry® device attempts to transmit data, a dialog box appears. Accept or deny the connection request. To reset the firewall settings, in the device options, click Security Options. Click Firewall. Click the trackwheel. Click Reset Settings. Related topics About firewall settings (See page 93.) Legal notice (See page 139.) About permissions for third-party programs You can set whether third-party programs on your BlackBerry® device can use data or connections from other programs. For example, a third-party program might use data from personal information management (PIM) programs or connections from programs such as the phone. On the Permissions screen, if you set a permission field to Allow, you are granting third-party programs access to that program or connection. If you set a permission field to Prompt, you are prompted whenever a third-party program requests access to that program or connection. If you set a permission field to Deny, access to that program or connection by third-party programs is designed to be blocked. If programs or connections within a group have different permission values, the permission field for the group is Custom. Related topic About firewall settings (See page 93.)

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Third-party program control
Prevent third-party programs from transmitting data
Set permissions for third-party programs
Control external connections
Control connections with the device
Control access to personal information
Security — frequently asked questions
About firewall settings
If you have third-party programs on your BlackBerry®
device, the firewall option is designed to prevent these
programs from transmitting data without your
knowledge.
Related topic
Legal notice (See page 139.)
Prevent third-party programs from
transmitting data
When a third-party program on your BlackBerry®
device attempts to transmit data, a dialog box
appears. Accept or deny the connection request.
To reset the firewall settings, in the device options,
click
Security Options.
Click
Firewall.
Click the
trackwheel. Click
Reset Settings.
Related topics
About firewall settings (See page 93.)
Legal notice (See page 139.)
About permissions for third-party
programs
You can set whether third-party programs on your
BlackBerry® device can use data or connections from
other programs. For example, a third-party program
might use data from personal information
management (PIM) programs or connections from
programs such as the phone.
On the Permissions screen, if you set a permission
field to Allow, you are granting third-party programs
access to that program or connection.
If you set a permission field to Prompt, you are
prompted whenever a third-party program requests
access to that program or connection.
If you set a permission field to Deny, access to that
program or connection by third-party programs is
designed to be blocked.
If programs or connections within a group have
different permission values, the permission field for
the group is Custom.
Related topic
About firewall settings (See page 93.)