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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 jfrunyon »

jandrese wrote: post #222
jfrunyon wrote: post #171

[dubious - discuss] There's a few things that make this pretty unlikely. Google doesn't triage or repair the phones themselves, they contract it out just like everyone else. And the people they contract it out to almost certainly have procedures in place which are meant to ensure that neither the devices themselves nor the data on them get out. I'm not saying it's false, but I would definitely take it with a grain of…

> And the people they contract it out to almost certainly have procedures in place which are meant to ensure that neither the devices themselves nor the data on them get out. I think your impression of what phone repair places are like may not match reality. The industry is far more ad-hoc and margin chasing than the rows of immaculate benches staffed by well paid professionals in a brightly lit facility like they mi…

I haven't personally worked in one of the big contract places but have close friends who did. I think your impression of these places as being simply "phone repair places" may not match reality, to be quite honest.

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

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Post by ccn0p »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #267
stemlord wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither your very strict, seemingly religious-based and ethically dubious idea of an "upstanding citizen", nor anyone else's, should ever justify someone's reputation being irreparably compromised by a professional phone repair person / google employee on the job. Anyway, your comment doesn't seem to have much purpose but to weirdly say "this isn't right, but it actually is right."

I'm not saying I agree with it, but it is an observation. I'm pro nudity, and think it should be normalized. And I'm atheist. And live in Norway, where nudity isn't as big of a deal. I lived the first 30 years of my life in the midwest US, though, in small to medium towns. But come on, I'm sure you can find examples of folks putting down others for it. It isn't common for politicians to have nudes, at least not in th…

"I'm Pro Nudity" would be a good t-shirt. but nobody would wear it.

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

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Post by rnotaro »

invalidname wrote: post #354
Arubis wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The least believable part of this story is that they _called Google_ and _talked to someone._ How?

I hate posting "this" comments. But THIS so much THIS... Google has literally no support. Not even for their physical hardware. Never buy anything from them...

They do have phone support and chat support for Pixel phones...

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/gethelp

(In french and probably most other languages.

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

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Post by DougN7 »

colpabar wrote: post #273
aulin wrote: post #240

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Amazing how most of the replies of your comment and the other comments too are still victim blaming, not for taking or sharing the nudes but for being so naive to send a phone unwiped. There's no excuse for violating and exposing someone's private life like this, being tech unsavvy (or you know, not being able to wipe a dead phone) is absolutely not an excuse to shift the blame to the victim. We get it you're good, y…

What's really amazing is how the reddit post says very clearly that they were unable to wipe it bc it was broken. The post was deleted but someone posted the text in a comment here.

Thank you for your comment. It changed my mind about the situation.

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Post by seoulmetro »

giaour wrote: post #361
seoulmetro wrote: post #341

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Yes. Anything you write into your computer has the potential to be shared. The same way anything you write and send in the mail has the potential to be shared.

And yet, if GMail published email exchanges of a protected nature between someone and their lawyer, would you just throw up your hands and say, alas, digital communication is cursed? Some digital activity should be considered private, and violating that privacy should have legal and social consequences.

I am already saying that digital communication is open. Emails included...

>Some digital activity should be considered private

Yeah, the ones which are mathematically proven to be private.

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Post by Consultant32452 »

stjohnswarts wrote: post #366
Consultant32452 wrote: post #169

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I once got my screen replaced at one of the phone fix-it places. It's a decent sized chain, not just some rando. On the form you fill out during drop-off it asks you for your unlock code.

What did they say when you didn't include the passcode?

I wiped the phone before I brought it to them, so I just gave them the passcode.

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

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Post by dolni »

KptMarchewa wrote: post #257
dolni wrote: post #245

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I wouldn't say that. I had an 11 year old ask me what "right-click" was the other day. Yes, it sounds insane and it absolutely is. I blame the public school system. They know only what they're exposed to, and no more. Most devices don't have SD cards these days.

Why didn't you expose them to that?

Well, first of all it's not my kid. Second of all, I did. That's why I was asked what right-click was.

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

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Post by reginold »

a_zaydak wrote: post #290
flatiron wrote: post #115

It was deleted. Here is the OG Text: "Ok so this just happened. Buckle up. About a month ago my wife broke her pixel phone. It couldn't be turned on so we couldn't wipe it. We contact Google and used the device care to get an RMA. Today someone posted nude pictures of my wife and I to her social media accounts. They accessed her Google account and tried to lock us out. They used her PayPal to send someone $5 (a test…

I had an issue with my pixel and had to send it in. The phone got ran over by a car and was smashed. It could be turned on but I could not do a factory reset. I have financial and other private information on it. So the first thing I did was try to keep it on for days until the battery ran out to see if the hardware encryption would help secure the data. After that I still wasn't sure if the information was secure en…

> The $500 or so was worth not risking PI

As someone on Twitter replied to a similar comment [0]: "Phones are cheap, just buy another" WOW the privilege.

[0] https://mobile.twitter.com/mojonojo3/status/1467453133538611...

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

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Post by reginold »

f38zf5vdt wrote: post #70

These are the steps I take to repair my phone when it doesn't boot. 1. Remove phone case. 2. Desolder eMMC chip after looking it up which one it is online. 3. Put eMMC in old coffee grinder, grind away. 4. Buy new phone.

"Phones are cheap, just buy another" WOW the privilege.

From a thread about a similar incident on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/mojonojo3/status/1467453133538611...

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

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Post by cute_boi »

a_zaydak wrote: post #290
flatiron wrote: post #115

It was deleted. Here is the OG Text: "Ok so this just happened. Buckle up. About a month ago my wife broke her pixel phone. It couldn't be turned on so we couldn't wipe it. We contact Google and used the device care to get an RMA. Today someone posted nude pictures of my wife and I to her social media accounts. They accessed her Google account and tried to lock us out. They used her PayPal to send someone $5 (a test…

I had an issue with my pixel and had to send it in. The phone got ran over by a car and was smashed. It could be turned on but I could not do a factory reset. I have financial and other private information on it. So the first thing I did was try to keep it on for days until the battery ran out to see if the hardware encryption would help secure the data. After that I still wasn't sure if the information was secure en…

remember in many part of world $150 is like 1 month income. People might have privilege to destroy phone but 90% of people are simply going to repair it.
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