Turn on notifications
You can set up the
DTEK by BlackBerry
app to notify you
when an app accesses features or important personal info on your device. You can receive
notifications for foreground (when you're using the app), in the background (when the
app is open but running in the background), or both.- On the main screen, tap >Notifications.
- Tap theDefault notificationsdrop-down list.
- Do any of the following:
- To receive notifications when any app you're using accesses your information, tapForeground.
- To receive notifications when any app that's running in the background accesses your information, tapBackground.
- To receive notifications when any app accesses your information at any time, tapBoth.
- To turn off all notifications, tapOff.
This setting applies only to new apps that
you install. If you want to apply this setting to all existing apps, in the pop-up
window, tap
Yes
.Turn on notifications for a specific app
If you don't want to receive
notifications for every app that accesses your information, you can choose to
receive notifications only from specific apps when they access your information. You
can receive notifications when a specific app is accessing information in the
foreground (when you're using the app), in the background (when the app is open but
running in the background), or both.
- On the main screen, tap >Notifications.
- TapCustomize app notifications.
- Tap an app.
- At the top of the screen, tap the drop-down list.
- Do any the following:
- To receive notifications when the app accesses information when you're using it, tapForeground.
- To receive notifications when the app accesses information when it's running in the background, tapBackground.
- To receive notifications when the app accesses your information at any time, tapBoth.
- To turn off notifications when the specific app accesses information, tapOff.
To receive notifications only when
specific types of information are accessed by an app, repeat steps 1-3. Beside a
type of information, tap the drop-down list and select an option.
Turn on sensitive permission notifications
If you consider some permissions to
be more sensitive than others, you can set them as sensitive permissions. When apps
access these permissions in the background, you can receive a
notification.
- On the main screen, tap >Notifications.
- Turn on theSensitive permission accessswitch.
Turn on sensitive permission notifications for a specific
app
You can select which apps you want to
monitor for sensitive permission access. If you do not want to receive notifications
when certain apps access your sensitive info, you can turn off these
notifications.
- On the home screen, tapApplications.
- Tap an app.
- Tap theSensitive permissionsdrop-down list.
- To receive notifications, selectON.
- To turn off notifications, selectOFF.
Receive priority notifications only
You can choose to receive
notifications only when a sensitive permission is accessed, or when
DTEK
completes a
scan of your device.- On the main screen, tap >Notifications.
- Turn on theReceive priority notifications onlyswitch.