If you have been using BBM for years you probably have received the "goodbye" message, stating that on May 31st, BBM services will be withdrawn and anything hosting on the service will cease to exist.
It was to little service to users to let them know that BlackBerry would be offering their corporate messaging services to consumers for a small fee of $5 a year (first year is free.) You can find this service in your Android and iOS app store under "BBMe" and the 'e' is for enterprise.
It offers the no thrills services you depend on for secure messaging, only all hosted and provided for by BlackBerry, as it should.
BBMe offers the following privacy features: authentication via PIN, timed messages, retractable messages, and private chats. It's also usable cross-platform so you can even access BBM on your desktop computer.
The problem with BBM is it tried to attract the mainstream crowd of users and offered a bunch of unnecessary features such as stickers and emojis that served no purpose to the more important use of secure messaging.
They failed to compete with everyone else when BBM should have just stayed where they where at. In a way they have, with the offerings of BlackBerry Messenger Enterprise to consumers.
Signup today and enjoy secure calls over wifi and secure messaging with secure features. BlackBerry prides themselves on not selling your information to third parties which they claim their competitors do in order to offer their service as free.
As the saying goes, you can't get anything free. Somewhere a bill is being paid to supply your service. So duly support BlackBerry in their effort to offer you their service for secure messaging. One BBMe member, "Andy" responded to me:
"Hopefully it will get some momentum. I think the small fee is worth it to use a stable and privacy focused messenger with no adverts that doesn’t trade off your personal data."
Some quotes from BBMe users:
"Some consumers are using encrypted messaging powered by companies like Google, Facebook, or their carriers, all of whom aggregate, monetize (and therefore risk compromise of) personal information." - bb10adopter111, Crackberry Forums
"For a $5 a year, you get a securely encrypted collaboration tool that does not require a phone number, that works cross-platform, supports individual and groups messaging, timed messages and retraction, protects against screenshots, does not collect user data for monetization purposes, has clear audio and video, screen sharing and can be used on multiple devices simultaneously." - Matt J, Crackberry Forums
"The messenger deserves to be tried. It's miles better than the old BBM and also better and safer than many other messengers. It fits well with the security philosophy of a BlackBerry smartphone, and that's another fact." - Paulelmar18, Crackberry Forums
"Hopefully it will get some momentum. I think the small fee is worth it to use a stable and privacy focused messenger with no adverts that doesn’t trade off your personal data."
Some quotes from BBMe users:
"Some consumers are using encrypted messaging powered by companies like Google, Facebook, or their carriers, all of whom aggregate, monetize (and therefore risk compromise of) personal information." - bb10adopter111, Crackberry Forums
"For a $5 a year, you get a securely encrypted collaboration tool that does not require a phone number, that works cross-platform, supports individual and groups messaging, timed messages and retraction, protects against screenshots, does not collect user data for monetization purposes, has clear audio and video, screen sharing and can be used on multiple devices simultaneously." - Matt J, Crackberry Forums
"The messenger deserves to be tried. It's miles better than the old BBM and also better and safer than many other messengers. It fits well with the security philosophy of a BlackBerry smartphone, and that's another fact." - Paulelmar18, Crackberry Forums
For more information on BBMe visit [https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/products/messaging/bbm-enterprise/overview]
Sincerely,
Jason S. Page
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