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Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by notreallyserio »

IncRnd wrote: post #123
VortexDream wrote: post #4

I'm sick of people, so I'm not going to read the inevitable comments that are going to come. Look, face it, some people like taking nude photos of themselves and they like sharing them with their partners. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. It's not their fault if something like this happens. People should be able to feel secure in the tech that they use, in the companies that they entrust their information…

Of course the fault lies with the person who posted the images online. That person also violated state and federal laws. There is no doubt about that. However, most people wouldn't knowingly leave nude images of their spouse on the car's back seat when getting the car serviced. In many ways this is similar. Edit: For people who think I'm blaming the victim, I am not. I thought that was clear, since I blamed the thief…

I don't know how broken the phone was, but it's possible for a phone to be so damaged that you can't wipe it's contents prior to sending it in for service.

I love car analogies (who doesn't), I think this is more like your car being on fire and asking a firefighter to put it out, while hoping they won't find and share any documents they find in the back seat.

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by boudin »

oxymoran wrote: post #35

This isn’t OP fault but it boggles my mind that people still use google products. How many times do companies like google and Facebook need to show that they don’t have your best interest at heart before you stop using their products? People won’t even buy genetically modified food but yet they have no problem shelling out thousands of dollars to authoritarian, surveillance centric parasites. Please stop.

Same sh*t on Apple side though: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/apple-gives-student-million...

Not sure about other manufacturers. The safest thing is to buy a phone made to be repaired, like a Fairphone IMO.

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by armchairhacker »

throwaway81523 wrote: post #21
VortexDream wrote: post #4

I'm sick of people, so I'm not going to read the inevitable comments that are going to come. Look, face it, some people like taking nude photos of themselves and they like sharing them with their partners. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. It's not their fault if something like this happens. People should be able to feel secure in the tech that they use, in the companies that they entrust their information…

Yeah this is yet another reason to want phones to have removable storage (micro sd card). So private photos can go onto the card instead of built-in storage, and you can remove the card if you have to send in the phone. I don't take nudes but I tend to use my phone as an impromptu photocopier for stuff like bills and receipts, so the photos are full of private info such as account numbers. I worry about that sometime…

What about enabling the password to encrypt the disk (FireVault for mobile) and enabling a longer password?

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by xxpor »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #90
eloisius wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, but you probably wouldn’t ever hear someone say “maybe you should have had less trust” if Google employees snooped on your Drive account to steal financial records or something like that to use against you. Why do we tend to treat people like they’re asking for it when their nudes get compromised?

Why do we tend to treat people like they’re asking for it when their nudes get compromised? Because nudity is akin to sex and sexual ways, which are taboo in many societies. Upstanding citizens do not have nudes, in general. Especially women or nudes hinting at same-sex romance. It isn't right, but it is . Edit: I'm not saying I agree with this. But it doesn't take much to see folks putting others down for nudity. YM…

Is the second paragraph about society's expectations or reality?

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by aj3 »

lewantmontreal wrote: post #9

I’ve taken my iPhone to a couple of repair shops. They always ask for the pin code and I always refuse and say it’s a work phone. Very much hoping the secure enclave works and my data has not left the phone.

The official repair shops that Apple Repair will guide you to should never ask for the pin, afaik. There is that mode for diagnostics which you need to approve, but you don't need to provide the pin - just unlock the phone and press approve button yourself.

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by nolok »

bedhead wrote: post #60
throwaway81523 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah this is yet another reason to want phones to have removable storage (micro sd card). So private photos can go onto the card instead of built-in storage, and you can remove the card if you have to send in the phone. I don't take nudes but I tend to use my phone as an impromptu photocopier for stuff like bills and receipts, so the photos are full of private info such as account numbers. I worry about that sometime…

How about make it so that the "hidden" photos on a phone require a security code/biometric to access? I've always been shocked that this isn't the case with iOS (don't know Android), it seems so obvious and simple.

It's proprietary but that's exactly what Samsung's "Secure Folder" is. Apps, contacts, files, photos ... That can't be listed or accessed without a secondary auth, protected by knox. I don't know about non samsung android phones.

It's fairly simple to use, and if you sometime give your phone to other people / kids / etc ... It quickly becomes absolutely necessary.

Need to remember to use the "secure folder" camera though, if you merely take the pic THEN move to secure folder, while it's super quick and easy it's usually too late as google photos, dropbox, whatever else will already have duped it.

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by KZeillmann »

paulgdp wrote: post #124

To be fair, when sending a Pixel for reparations, Google very clearly and explicitly asks to factory_reset the phone. I personally didn't reset it when I sent my Pixel 3 to fix the charging port because my Pixel was fully encrypted. All Pixels are encrypted by default as long as you have any kind of lock method enabled (PIN, password, shape...). I don't really understand how this person got his files in cleartext and…

My impression from the (now deleted) text is that the phone wasn't booting or in a state where it could be factory reset, at least not without considerable effort.

Re: Pixel sent to Google for replacement. They used it to post wife's nudes online

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Post by sulam »

Bud wrote: post #68
djbusby wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which phone tho? I don't have anything compatible with iOS so those are unusable. So, I get android. And nearly the only phones w/o crap-ware are Pixel or other Google Flagship. Advice?

You absolutely do have things compatible with iOS. You probably just don't know it yet. So the advice, is, try iOS. Stop rewarding Google for stealing iOS, creating Android, and then loosing this kind of bullshit on the world.

Android was created in 2003. Google bought the company in 2005. The first iPhone was released in 2007.
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