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  • Scarmoge posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago

    Totally Secure, Privacy Guaranteed, add your lie here …
    Just a sampling of “breech” reports
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    GPS trackers leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone

    A Sprint contractor left thousands of US cell phone bills on the internet by mistake

    Over 750,000 applications for US birth certificate copies exposed online

    Tuft & Needle exposed thousands of customer shipping labels

    ‘Magic: The Gathering’ game maker exposed 452,000 players’ account data

    • As Catherine often says, keep your “smart” phone turned on only when really necessary. Nowadays many people send voice messages so there is less need to keep it on to get calls. And for a slightly higher level of semi-privacy, when it is “off” keep it in a Faraday cage or bag. An old microwave over will do.

      • When I go by public transport it never ceases to amaze me to see how people use this space age communication tech to play games on their phones. I respect ladies who check up on recipes much more, at least that’s useful.

    • People like to cover their laptop cameras with tape, but not their phone cameras or mics. People are strange.

      • One of the truly disquieting sights (for me) is that of ladies fixing their makeup and instead of using an ordinary little mirror, use their phone screen picture as a mirror! Talk about facial recognition….