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Smart cards
About using a smart card with your smartphone
Smart cards store certificates and private keys. You can use a smart card reader to import certificates from a smart card to
the key store on your BlackBerry smartphone, but you can't import private keys. As a result, private key operations such as
signing and decryption use the smart card, and public key operations such as verification and encryption use the public
certificates on your smartphone.
If you use a smart card certificate to authenticate with your smartphone, after you connect your smart card reader to your
smartphone, your smartphone requests authentication from the smart card each time that you unlock your smartphone.
You can install multiple smart card drivers on your smartphone, including drivers for microSD smart cards, but you can only
authenticate to one smart card at a time. If you are authenticating using a microSD smart card and you want to transfer
media files between your microSD smart card and your computer, you must temporarily turn off two-factor authentication
or select a different authentication option.
If the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry smartphones is installed on your smartphone, you can use smart card
certificates to send S/MIME-protected messages.
Turn on two-factor authentication
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must set a password for your BlackBerry smartphone and have the smart card
password that you received with your smart card.
1. On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Password.
• To use a smart card and your smartphone password to unlock your smartphone, set the Authentication Type field
to Smart Card.
• To use your connected smart card reader (even if the smart card is not inserted) and your smartphone password
to unlock your smartphone, set the Authentication Type field to Proximity. Select the Prompt for Device
Password checkbox.
3.
Press the key > Save.
Import a certificate from a smart card
1. On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Advanced Security Settings > Certificates.
3.
Press the key > Import Smart Card Certs.
4. Enter your smart card password.
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