http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/how-safe-is-your-cell-phone-really Just another bbPress community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/how-safe-is-your-cell-phone-really#post-273469 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:09:58 +0000 Nitro 273469@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>some people just don&#39;t need them, and you sound like one of those people...i was talking more to those who are fairly well &#39;tethered&#39; to their phones and the relationship is inescapable...</p> <p>i&#39;m really not a Luddite...tech makes a lot of good things available to us...some people use hammers to build stuff...others might just whack themselvces in the head with them...repeatedly... </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/how-safe-is-your-cell-phone-really#post-273401 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:00:57 +0000 Kubluku 273401@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>How safe is my phone? well, lets start with these reasons!<br /> 1. battery is empty!<br /> 2. battery is missing!<br /> 3. nobody ever texts or phones me anyway!<br /> 4. I dont have anyone elses numbers!<br /> 5. where I live doesnt get much signal!<br /> Yeah, try hacking that phone! </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/how-safe-is-your-cell-phone-really#post-269715 Sun, 01 May 2011 06:27:53 +0000 Nitro 269715@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I started this thread because many people using smartphones really have no idea how easy it is for them to be tracked.</p> <p>*cough* APPLE *cough* ( Hmmm..I wunnder if Mister Fry there will spin an apologists perspective on this recent news &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; )</p> <p>So there it is: folks who bought iPhones had no idea that Apple did a naughty to them. Pfft! People get attached to a technology and then feel forever compelled to defend its every fault. </p> <p>If people knew how quickly a program like SpyBubble could be pushed into their phones they might be a lot more careful to keep their phones on themselves.</p> <p>If you don&#39;t want to be tracked, my advice is this: remove the battery AND the SIM card dears. Yes, it&#39;s inconvenient but if you need extreme privacy, that&#39;s one way to get it. BTW, one symptom of a phone that&#39;s been jacked is that the battery life is drained much faster than usual. The built in microphones in smartphones can be used to record conversations in the room. SURPRISE!!! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>I would disagree with you slightly MCW, even though I also agree that data should be given thought. I still think it&#39;s important that the masses stop being asses, wake up, and realize that if they don&#39;t want their privacy compromised, they must be pro-active and involved in learng how to avoid it. And I think the various governing authorities need to be reminded that their intrusions are not necessary nor wanted. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/how-safe-is-your-cell-phone-really#post-269259 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:01:53 +0000 Mandala 269259@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Wait till you see google maps track nearby tweets by time stamp on topographic view. </p> <p>The question is not how to defeat the loss of privacy, but how to guide public perception to make reasonable judgments about the meaning of the data. That&#39;s much harder to focus into an action plan. Sway people into independent thinking as a default and the knot will unravel from the inside. We need an X-prize for THAT. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/how-safe-is-your-cell-phone-really#post-267087 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:52:47 +0000 Nitro 267087@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Bob Smith goes home and takes a picture of his son in the front yard of their home, then texts it to Grandma.</p> <p>The image is intercepted by people suspicious of Bob, or computer thugs hoping to exploit Bob, and Bob&#39;s picture of his kid leads them directly to his home address.</p> <p>This isn&#39;t future tech. It exists in your phone, now. Any file you transmit with your cellphone gives your latitude and longitudnal co-ordinates. </p> <p>In America alone, various authorities accessed these files, via the carriers db&#39;s, over 8 MILLION TIMES, give or take.</p> <p>Depending on how you look at it, the earthquake in Japan causing a slight drift off course of some GPS satellites may be a good thing. </p>