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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2006-08-30 09:28 am
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Just because you erased the stuff doesn't mean it's gone

AP: Don't Keep Secrets on Cell Phone

Don't tell your cell phone any secrets. It might not keep them. Second-hand phones purchased over the Internet surrendered credit card numbers and bank account passwords, business secrets and even evidence of adultery.

One married man's girlfriend sent a text message to his cell phone: His wife was getting suspicious. Perhaps they should cool it for a few days.

"So," she wrote, "I'll talk to u next week."

"You want a break from me? Then fine," he wrote back.

Later, the married man bought a new phone. He sold his old one on eBay, at Internet auction, for $290.

The guys who bought it now know his secret.

The married man had followed the directions in his phone's manual to erase all his information, including lurid exchanges with his lover. But it wasn't enough.


http://my.ev1.net/english/news/newsarticle.asp?articleID=50418541&subject=headlines

[identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com 2006-08-30 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Trust Digital found no evidence thieves or corporate spies are routinely buying used phones to mine them for secrets, Magliato said. "I don't think the bad guys have figured this out yet."

They sure have now!

There's a reason that we don't have text messaging enabled on our Very Old Cellphones, and that we don't keep up with the Hottest New Trends. Being behind the curve provides a surprising degree of protection.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2006-08-31 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Being behind the curve provides a surprising degree of protection.


Moi, aussi!