Where Are They Now

How BlackBerry — Yes, That BlackBerry — Became a Cybersecurity Company

The company may once again be a 24/7 tether to work, but this time it’s invisible

Whet Moser
Marker
Published in
6 min readNov 11, 2020

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A hand holding a Blackberry phone
Photo illustration, source: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Where Are They Now is a column that revisits once-popular companies and brands that have seemingly disappeared.

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Whet Moser
Marker

Freelance writer/editor in Chicago. Words in Marker, The Atlantic, COVID Tracking Project, elsewhere. Author of ‘Chicago: From Vision to Metropolis.’