[TriLUG] Verizon Wireless Privacy WTF

[Brian Phelps]

No it was not locked.  I never lock my phone because its a nuisance on an
already annoying humongous touch screen of a phone. Also sorry I wasn't
clearer earlier when I said I didn't use it for anything sensitive, but I
really am not terribly concerned about my privacy on my phone.  I know
others on this list are concerned about their phones and privacy.

I had read an article recently where police were taking cell phones back to
their car on routine traffic stops for scanning using "The Big Scanner".  A
police department here in the US somewhere had bought one for every squad
car.  I also have to wonder if this scanner can bypass the security lockout.
There is more there than just a USB host. Sorry I've got no link for the
story.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM, John Broome <jbroome at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 18:52, Brian Phelps <brphelps at ieee.org> wrote:
> > I got screen protectors for my Android at the Verizon store today.  The
> > employee volunteered to take my phone and put on a screen protector.
> >
> > I watched him as he cleaned the screen with my phone laying on the
> counter
> > for about a minute.  I started to get board.  Then suddenly he decided to
> go
> > to the back.  I looked down, my phone was gone.  He had picked it up off
> the
> > counter.  He came back in about 1-2 min and he brought a can of cleaner
> back
> > with him, placed the phone back on the counter and continued cleaning it.
>  I
> > ragged him about needing my phone to got to the back and grab a can of
> > cleaner. He claimed to be new.
> >
> > I wonder if there is a log somewhere that will tell me if he tried to
> > connect it to "The Big Reader".
>
> Can your phone still be synced or mounted when the screen/phone is locked?
>
> It was locked, right?  Since you're concerned about privacy and everything.
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