Voice messaging company HulloMail has released an anti-phone-hacking solution for BlackBerry smartphone users. 

Called Acess Control, the solution gives BlackBerry users the option of protection against the unauthorised access of their private voice messages. It allows users to block all call-in access to voicemails, ensuring that messages can only be retrieved from within the HulloMail app, or via email. Users may also opt to receive a notification of any attempts to access their private voicemail.

The product is a reaction to an increased awareness of phone-hacking vulnerability, following the phone-hacking scandal surrounding certain journalists in the UK.

Andy Munarriz, founder and CEO of HulloMail, says: “We felt it was important to offer subscribers an additional safeguard to their current voicemail service, following the high profile cases. Now, with Access Control activated any call to the HulloMail voicemail service is instantly detected and the user notified immediately – a service that is not available from mobile network operators and other third party voicemail providers.”

The Access Control component builds on HulloMails existing access safeguards, such as the enforcement of PIN number access for those users wishing to dial-in to access voice messages. The launch of Access Control for BlackBerry devices follows similar anti-phone-hacking features on the companys iPhone and Android apps, which were rolled out last month.