Used Mobiles: Secrets and Lies
Filed in archive Privacy and Security by Scott on August 30, 2006

A story in today's New York Times ought to make you think twice about not scrubbing that device cleaner than clean before flogging it on eBay.
Among the things recovered in one test alone were:
-One company's plans to win a multimillion-dollar federal transportation contract.
-E-mails about another firm's $50,000 payment for a software license.
-Bank accounts and passwords.
-Details of prescriptions and receipts for one worker's utility payments.
So, wipe that baby clean before you trade it on for another. Better yet, be careful what you store where. Here's one article with suggestions.

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