Thread: Bolt Web Browser & Security Questions

Since web pages come back to my Bold formatted to fit the screen properly, I'm assuming that the Bolt browser:

1. Sends my page request for any web site to the Bolt servers;
2. The Bolt servers make the request for me to that page;
3. The Bolt servers then get the requested page back;
4. The Bolt server then forwards that page - correctly formatted for my BlackBerry screen - to my BlackBerry Bold.

Is this a correct - though simplified - explanation of what Bolt is doing?

If so, does this mean any login / password / secure data that I'm accessing on a requested web page via Bolt is being seen by their servers? And how secure is that?

Please correct me if I've made any mistakes.

John

I think that's pretty much right. Opera and Skyfire I believe do the same thing. They basically act as a proxy for you. It also optimizes and compresses the data.

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Wirelessly posted

This is something I need to keep in mind when visiting certain sites like banking.

Originally Posted by sunkast

I think that's pretty much right. Opera and Skyfire I believe do the same thing. They basically act as a proxy for you. It also optimizes and compresses the data.

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Thanks, Sunkast. I've been looking for answer on several of the boards that I frequent and you are the only one who has answered that questions.

Am I being aranoid: about sending login info and passwords via any of these browsers?

Thanks again!

John

Originally Posted by Nikon1

Thanks, Sunkast. I've been looking for answer on several of the boards that I frequent and you are the only one who has answered that questions.

Am I being aranoid: about sending login info and passwords via any of these browsers?

Thanks again!

John

I don't blame you now days :no: can't be to cautious at all.

Originally Posted by Nikon1

Thanks, Sunkast. I've been looking for answer on several of the boards that I frequent and you are the only one who has answered that questions.

Am I being aranoid: about sending login info and passwords via any of these browsers?

You're welcome. I'm with Bryan on this one. You have to question who may be storing this data. I might log into a service if it's not something I give a lot of importance to. Banking though I wouldn't do. However, I place more trust in Opera, than I do Bolt. Opera has been around for many years.

i have noticed that bolt wont even allow me to access one of these logins such as hyundai...once i go to make a payment it stops the process which i think is better