What hashing method is used to password protect Blackberry devices?

The correct answer is D. SHA-1. BlackBerry devices use SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) to hash and protect device passwords. SHA-1 produces a 160-bit hash digest and was the standard chosen by BlackBerry's security architecture for password storage. AES is a symmetric encryption algorithm (not a hash), RC5 is…

Submitted by thandi_sa· Apr 18, 2026Mobile Forensics

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AAES
BRC5
CMD5
DSHA-1

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BlackBerry devices use SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) to hash and protect device passwords. SHA-1 produces a 160-bit hash digest and was the standard chosen by BlackBerry's security architecture for password storage. AES is a symmetric encryption algorithm (not a hash), RC5 is a block cipher, and MD5, while a hashing algorithm, is not the one BlackBerry uses for this purpose.

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#Blackberry security#Password hashing#SHA-1#Mobile device security

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