Phones spill secrets of previous users

[blaire576]

Secondhand phones purchased over the Internet surrendered credit card numbers, banking passwords, business secrets and even evidence of adultery.

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OMG! :duh: i ready sold my N70

[Urban~Ninja]

Damn that would suck so much shit, i could imagine the horror that guy is going through.

I had my phone stolen and it hate phone numbers, dates in the diary, pictures etc and im just dreading the fact that they have this stuff that i will never get back, nothing was explitive but you know.....

[blaire576]

also can't imagine someones always listen in every conversation you make.:bored:

[SlickWilly440]

I don't own a cellphone, never needed one. But I thought cellphones come with those Memory Cards, so when you get a new phone all you have to do is insert the card and all the data is on you new phone. Instead of having to reprogram everything again.

Maybe deleting you cellphone data is like deleting data off of your computer's hdd, it just removes the files from an accessable table, so other files can overwrite that space. The data is not really deleted unless it's overwritten first, so it's always possible to recover it.

[Trump]

Well, there are a couple places things are stored on a cell phone. 1) The SIM (CIM? CEM? something like that) is what you are describing. It holds a few phone numbers and other information needed to make the phone work on the network. These chips are phone and provider specific. These chips can be transferred between phones. 2) The phone has normal memory like you would find in an MP3 player. It is built into the phone and cannot be removed. Most often pictures, ring tones, etc are stored here since they take so much more space and this type of memory is much cheaper. It is hardwired into the phone and cannot be removed. 3) Phones also sometimes take external memory chips like a digital camera or MP3 player.

I really don't know the specifics about where every type of communication is stored on the phone but what they are saying is more than likely true. In this day and age the only way to make sure nothing is traced is to speak in a private place.

Cell phones are useful, but many people rely far too much on them. To me it is a glorified portable answering machine. That and I can make calls wherever whenever I want.