The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out?

MrMephitis

MrMephitis

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"THERE are certain things you do not want to share with strangers. In my case it was a stream of highly personal text messages from my husband, sent during the early days of our relationship. Etched on my phone's SIM card - but invisible on my current handset and thus forgotten - here they now are, displayed in all their brazen glory on a stranger's computer screen. I've just walked into a windowless room on an industrial estate in Tamworth, UK, where three cellphone analysts in blue shirts sit at their terminals, scrutinising the contents of my phone and smirking. "If it's any consolation, we would have found them even if you had deleted them," says one.
Worse, it seems embarrassing text messages aren't the only thing I have to worry about: "Is this a photo of your office?" another asks (the answer is yes). "And did you enjoy your pizza on Monday night? And why did you divert from your normal route to work to visit this address in Camberwell, London, on Saturday?""


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Home Built
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Windows 7 Ultimate RTM
CPU
AMD Phenom II x4 945
Motherboard
Asus M4A785 TD V Evo
Memory
6GB PC1600 DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
1GB XFX Radeon HD 5770
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Daewoo 19" TFT
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
WD 120GB SATA
Hitachi 250GB SATA
PSU
Enermax 450w thing
Case
None...well half a case
Cooling
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 120mm Heat Sink
Other Info
GPU Cooler: Thermaltake V2
Wow.

Time to find a way to encrypt my phone.

~Lordbob
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Hera
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU
Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard
ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory
2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
PSU
Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case
Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling
Fans
Keyboard
Razer Tarantula
Mouse
Razer Lachesis
Internet Speed
not fast enough

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
LENOVO K450 @3.0GHZ
OS
64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
CPU
Core(TM) i5 CPU 4330 Haswell @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard
LENOVO
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card
Intel HD integtrated
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HP 25' ISP Monitor
Screen Resolution
1900/1020
Hard Drives
(1) ST1000DM003-1CH162 (2) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device (3) Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
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100mb down/10mb up

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Hera
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU
Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard
ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory
2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
PSU
Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case
Cooler Master Haf 932
Cooling
Fans
Keyboard
Razer Tarantula
Mouse
Razer Lachesis
Internet Speed
not fast enough
No, I can just be pretty paranoid.
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Lol. I'm too paranoid to even own a cell phone.
Of course, since I've never owned one I wouldn't know how to use it anyway.:D
I hate phones. All of them.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo ThinkPad E520 / MacBook Pro 17" (mid 2010)
OS
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) / OS X Snow Leopard
CPU
Core i5 / Core i7
Memory
4 GB / 8 GB
Sound Card
built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
internal & Samsung SyncMaster 191T / internal
Screen Resolution
1366x768 & 1280 x 1024 /1920x1200
Hard Drives
2 WD Raptors (74 G)
1 WD Caviar (250 G)
1 HP Personal Media Drive (USB, 300 G)
etc.
Cooling
none
Keyboard
built-in
Mouse
generic mouse / Wacom Intuos 3 tablet
Internet Speed
(very variable) high-speed cable
ahriman said:
I hate phones. All of them.
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Ditto. the most use my phone has gotten since i bought it ... is the alarm clock, which is the only thing that still works after breaking the phone in 2 :D

making it the most expensive, broken alarm clock that i've ever owned
(poor impulse control :o)
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
eMachines W3502
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x32
CPU
Intel Celeron D 3.2 Ghz 533 fsb (LGA 775)
Motherboard
Intel D101GGC
Memory
1 GB (2x512MB) PC-3200 DDR @ 200Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce 9400GT- 1GB
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreame Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
19" LCD HDtv
Screen Resolution
1360x768 @ 60Htz
Hard Drives
SeaGate Barracuda 750GB
SeaGate Barracuda 100GB
Toshiba CD/DVDW/ TS-H552D [DVD+R, DL]
PSU
stock (idk)
Case
The busted remains of the stock case
Cooling
Dust cooled, waitwut?
Keyboard
Stock. Missing a few keys.
Mouse
Logitech LX8 5-btn mouse (wireless)
Internet Speed
TWC 10Mb
Other Info
Keeps going, and going, and going.......
o_O well i think im safe ^_^ G1 owns the market for encryption ;) so many apps on the market :)

but still shocking on what they can find even if you delete stuff o_O
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64x
CPU
1.66GHz Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo
Memory
3GB 800Mhz DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
256mb Intel
Hard Drives
160gb Sata
Internet Speed
3.5Mb Download, 1.2Mb Upload
holo88 said:
...making it the most expensive, broken alarm clock that i've ever owned
(poor impulse control :o)
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:roflmao: Absolutely understandable!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo ThinkPad E520 / MacBook Pro 17" (mid 2010)
OS
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) / OS X Snow Leopard
CPU
Core i5 / Core i7
Memory
4 GB / 8 GB
Sound Card
built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
internal & Samsung SyncMaster 191T / internal
Screen Resolution
1366x768 & 1280 x 1024 /1920x1200
Hard Drives
2 WD Raptors (74 G)
1 WD Caviar (250 G)
1 HP Personal Media Drive (USB, 300 G)
etc.
Cooling
none
Keyboard
built-in
Mouse
generic mouse / Wacom Intuos 3 tablet
Internet Speed
(very variable) high-speed cable
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