We stumbled across this one in the CrackBerry forums earlier and couldn't help but pass it along.
As you may or may not know, BBM has an option to share what music you listen to in the media player as your status update. This feature is disabled by default but if you happened to toggle it on at some point, it can of course be disabled if you know where to look.
As it turns out it's a good idea to disable it if you plan to share anything other than what music you're listening to.
In BlackBerry 10, videos played in the browser invoke the media player when played, thus triggering as a "music" update.
So many videos that you play from within the browser will be shown as music status updates on BBM -- this goes for any videos that you may want to be kept private as well.
So before you go browsing around and watching videos you may want to keep to yourself, make sure you follow the steps below to disable showing your music updates in BBM.
- In BBM swipe down from the top bezel then choose Settings
- Toggle Show What I'm Listening To so it shows Off
- Tap Back to save
Reader comments
If you watch 'private' videos on your BlackBerry, make sure you turn off status updates in BBM first
PornHub eh, and all along I thought that was why Thorsten was promoting the great BB10 Hub !
Loool
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I like how the media is having a frenzy with this.
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I've been caught out by this one :)
Eh!!! Wheres the GingerBread Man and the overly sensitive people?!
Hi. I tried the same. Didn't come up if you enable desktop mode as it seems to be loading flash instead and doesn't start the media player.
haha...makes me wanna get the z10 the sonnest!
Hahaha I noticed this 2 years ago on my bold 9900.... it was actually my girlfriend that noticed and told me
I have my own mother on bbm so I was thankful it was my girlfriend that seen it first
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Haha.. luckily mine was off all along. Not to say I'm watching such videos of what. What does private video means by the way? Ok bye.
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Homie got caught masstube8'in.
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notty fella
This is comedy.
Looooool!
Have seen this too many times since the BlackBerry 7 days. The best was "So, what vids did you check out on xnxx.com last night?"
"What you talkin about? I was in church! Had no chance to browse!"
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How to Configure work account????
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This is wrong - it should not be sharing what one is doing while Web browsing .
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LOL. I don't care if it's unlisted or private. I watch it and it's public. :D HARAHHH!!!! :D
I really like to show-off to my bbm friends wht i do lol hahahha
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Haha I never knew it did that! That's hilarious. Good thing I never bothered to turn it on that would be embarrassing
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This made my day.
Wagwan.
hysterical!
I have some not very technical staff, from whom I am always getting unintended status updates.... I suppose I really should warn them.....
This could lead to an awkward situation!
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I don't know if it has been mentioned, but there is also an option to turn off "music status updates". I'm wondering if disabling this would stop the videos playing even if you keep "Show what I'm listening to" on?
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Reported it as a bug.
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LMAO...good tip
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Just tested with vimeo.com and looks like in desktop mode it will just use the player on the site, but mobile mode will use the bb10 media player and thus show up as a status update. I'm sure other sites are similar...
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Thanks for your reply bro. Actually my question is not related to the BBM status update...
If you click the video folder, they will show you your recently played video right? I just want to clear that or completely remove the "Recently played" features if possible...
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Oh crap, thanks Kikikikiki
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I didn't read the whole comments here, but I am wondering if I can turn off receiving updates for others. Old BB OS always has this option!
Anyhow thanks for keeping up with tricks and what not update.
Cheers
The other person's BB can store up to 100 recently played file names from YOUR device, depending on how their options are selected. To clear this out, you must play up to 100 media files for just a few seconds each - to allow the new titles to be pushed out through BBM. That will flush out all the previous titles. Most users have the default of 25 items set on their device. You must share your status while you do this. When completed, turn it off to prevent it from happening again.
History can be cleared on the native browser, but there is a private browser in BlackBerry World.
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All I can say is Lol!
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Private means what exactly. LOL
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Hi guys, I just bought the new Z10 last 2 weeks...just wondering, how can I clear my recently watched video? is there any possibilities? TQ in advance :)
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You have to play a string of up to 100 songs or videos. Other people's devices can store up to 100 items in their BBM history list. Most are less than 25, which I think is the default. Play a few seconds of a song, then another song for a few seconds. Repeat up to 100 times. It will flush out the history stored on other devices.
It's a pain, but it works.
I hope too many of my bbm friends don't read this post! Ha! Ha!
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BTW : it seems that images are all stretched horizontally in the CB app...
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I can picture some big CEO getting caught like that and all his workers and connections seeing his status updates lol
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It's not just BBM that does this kind of thing. At least BBM is an "Opt In" setup and not one where you have to manually opt out only after you find personal stuff sent to your mother in law and nephews :/
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Lmao that's hilarious
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Lol..... that's too funny.
We won't judge.
Lmfao that would suck if it was a company phone during work hours and your employer and Co works have you on BBM haha
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That is just stupid, they should separate the share options
Funny as hell. Hope his significant other is not on BBM.
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This is where I discovered that one of my friends is gay...
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Use the PlayBook instead ;-)
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Jotting down that web address for future use. ;)
Major security breach!
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Hahahaaa
I wonder how many CB readers just checked their settings to make sure sharing is 'off'? lol
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So if the show what I'm listening to is off, but the music status update is on, what would happen?
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This happened to my friend. I was the lucky friend who got to let him know what his status was doing, and rub it in as much as possible. Involved a screen shot and instagram lol. Best part was I have instagram on BB10 but he only had a bold 9900. So he didnt see all his friends laughing.
Ahahahahahahaha. Haha. Hahaha!
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System says "Listening to Music" why does it list videos as well? I think it is a security issue and bug.
Wish I had seen this prior to the old lady seeing I was watching "Asian Insemination." lol. Had some 'splaining to do.
wait... BlackBerry devices are only used for business and productive activities, cut it out. If you're gonna do other activities do that on an iphone or android devices. :p
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It's a trap!
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I'm going to keep a watch out for this :D
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Hmmmm now I understand the concept behind the swiping gestures of BB10. All those ecstasy claimed by some of the members here about Z10 being the best phone ever is giving me a second thought.
That's a lot of porn. LOL He or She needs to find a hobby
That is the hobby!
"+1"
LMAO, as a long time BB user, the first thing i did after transferring my BBM contacts to the Zee was to deactivate this function ...lets just say that i learned from past experience ;)
When you watch YouTube videos or just title not available
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LO f'n L
"But my phone MUST be able to be operated with just one hand!" or "One handed operation is very important to me!"
Fap fap, haha
Okay so let's say I tried out a guy dating site with the Grinder app and now the photo cache for the application is undeletable. Now I have like 502 pictures of shirtless studs in my phone that I cannot get rid of.
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Just claim you are the owner of Falcon Studio. Those are your stock photos.
Grindr is on Z10?
This is one thing that disappoints me about the Z10, here in Qatar ALL BlackBerry's can privately search the net, nothing is blocked but the Z10 has the usual middle east censorship crap on the browser.
So... i can't watch porn through my TV on the hdmi. don't lie you've all tried it.
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No need; I've got a media PC hooked up to my 50-inch flatscreen so that I can view all the porn sites I want in HD without hooking up my PlayBook as the browser source.
Same thing goes for the old blackberrys
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Just checked, shows up as "title unavavilable" for BBOS 7.1
Saw this in the forums and chuckled like a loon.
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Pornhub, eh? What filth is this?
*quickly turns off BBM notifications
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Well then, I guess it's a good thing that I don't have anyone on my BBM anyway. But thanks for the tip!
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Nice to take that from another Berry site...
You can't get to the settings from the hub. I just learned that. Neat.
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Over sharing... priceless :-)
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I always found this funny in legacy BB phones as well...you're chatting with your friends in BBM and all of a sudden you see they are "listening" to "Debbie Does CrackBerry" or something LMAO!!
A couple years ago I saw my friend's BBM status was something of this nature. A learning experience to say the least lol
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Giggity.
Someone got caught with their pants down... lol. We know Kevin, that is not a screen shot of your device...riiiiight.... lol JK
Sure sure...We believe you, millions wouldn't, but we do.
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Lol, this is good information to know.
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Don't get caught with your hand on your phone and the other on......
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LOL that's my nightmare
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It wasn't me. I swear that's not my BBM status. Seriously. For real. It's not me! Quit thinking that it's me. It's not me!! :p
Phone hack. Agreed. Happens to me all the time.
Ahaaha.. yeah.. probably.
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LoL we believe ya ;)
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I guess that's why BlackBerry wanted people to be able to use the Z10 one-handed..
Hahahhaa. Dual-wielding a Z10 and P10.
More like a P6.5...
ahahhaha LOL
I have 1 friend on BBM. He'll be glad if my BBM status update shows him my "stock of sites" lol.
My one BBM contact is my wife, sooooo....
We know you good enough ;)
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Lmaooo guilty conscience.
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I saw your status update... naughty boy!
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My bet it was Bla1ze.
haha... funny
This happened to me once on my work issued BlackBerry. My wife alerted me to it. Ex wife.