Turn off smart password entry
To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry® device.
You can turn off smart password entry to reduce the chance that someone might guess your device password or smart card password based
on the smart password filter that your device applies to password fields.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Password.
3. If necessary, change the User Authenticator field to Smart Card.
4. Set the Smart Password Entry field to Disabled.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Save.
To turn on smart password entry again, set the Smart Password Entry field to Enabled.
Switch smart password filters
In a blank password field, press the Enter key.
The indicator for the new smart password filter appears beside the password field.
Prerequisites: Using authentication certificates
• Your BlackBerry® device must have the correct smart card driver and smart card reader driver installed.
• You must have imported a certificate from your smart card that you can use for signing and verification.
• You must turn on advanced authentication.
• You must have set a device password.
• You must have the smart card password that you received with your smart card.
Use a certificate to authenticate your smart card
To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry® device.
If you use a certificate to authenticate your smart card, the certificate authenticates your smart card whenever you use your smart card to
unlock your device.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Password.
3. If necessary, change the User Authenticator field to Smart card.
4. Set the Authentication Certificate field.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Save.
To stop using a certificate to authenticate your smart card, set the Authentication Certificate field to None.
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