Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-13 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Dave O'Connor wrote: see the look on his face when cops walk up to him :) For this reason I look forward to the GTA03's proposed camera. -- Asheesh. -- Think honk if you're a telepath. ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Ilja O.
About data wipe: I was thinking -- doesn't eny SIM card have some kind of ID number? And if they do, do we have software way to obtain it? Phone could wipe itself if another SIM card is inserted AND upon SMS message receiving. If you have several SIM cards, than we could create simple SIM card

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Federico Lorenzi
I suppose the cell phone number should be more then unique enough. On 6/10/08, Ilja O. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About data wipe: I was thinking -- doesn't eny SIM card have some kind of ID number? And if they do, do we have software way to obtain it? Phone could wipe itself if another SIM

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Ilja O.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Federico Lorenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose the cell phone number should be more then unique enough. Yup. But I don't know if we're able to obtain it (don't see reason to RTFM before obtaining of Freerunner).

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Ilja O.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Benedikt Schindler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ilja O. schrieb: About data wipe: I was thinking -- doesn't eny SIM card have some kind of ID number? And if they do, do we have software way to obtain it? Phone could wipe itself if another SIM card is

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Stroller
On 10 Jun 2008, at 14:08, Benedikt Schindler wrote: Ilja O. schrieb: About data wipe: I was thinking -- doesn't eny SIM card have some kind of ID number? And if they do, do we have software way to obtain it? Phone could wipe itself if another SIM card is inserted AND upon SMS message

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread ian douglas
Ilja O. wrote: Why not just have the phone wipe itself when the SIM card changes? That's what i was proposing from the beginning. But for users like me with multiple valid SIM cards, I think being able to run a script/app on the phone that says this SIM is valid, don't do a wipe would be

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Dave O'Connor
For bonus marks, have it send gps coordinates charged against the new sim card's account every few minutes and see the look on his face when cops walk up to him :) On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Stroller wrote: On 10 Jun 2008, at 14:08, Benedikt Schindler wrote: Ilja O. schrieb: About data wipe:

Re: regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-10 Thread Ian Darwin
Having said that, why wait for an incoming text? Why not just have the phone wipe itself when the SIM card changes? Not by default!! People that travel between North America and Europe often maintain two (or more!!) SIMs to take advantage of cheaper calling in different

regarding the 'data security' thread recently

2008-06-09 Thread ian douglas
I see that the 3G iPhone will now have a 'remote wipe' feature similar to what we've all been discussing. Other highlights in a poorly-formatted list: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1839tag=nl.e589 ___ Openmoko community mailing list