Major Privacy Flaw With HTC Sense OS

A report coming out today from Boy Genius Report is claiming and proving that the HTC Sense randomly creates Jpg files of websites you have visited and saves them to the phones system folders.

Whats the problem, is that even if you format the entire phone back to factory defaults these images remain on the phone, so if you sold your phone these images would be visibleto anyone who knows their way around HTC Sense.

An image could be of your internet banking statement for example.

HTC will probably move quickly on this with a patch, lets hope so anyway.

Facebook's new privacy settings explained

Sure, it took Facebook a little too long to realize its users wanted easy-to-use privacy controls instead of an ever-increasing array of complex and granular settings that most people ignored until it was too late and photographic evidence of their drunken deeds was being emailed directly to their employers, but even the new system has some quirks, and it's always going to be up to you to manage what information you're publishing. 


It's not complicated stuff, but we promise you a quick peek at this little intro course over at Switched put together will be worth it in the end -- you don't want Ibiza 2006 to ruin your life all over again, do you?

iPhone vulnerability leaves your data wide open, even when using a PIN

Do you feel like going through the process of typing in your PIN every time you unlock your iPhone is worth it thanks to the security it implies, you might want to read this report from Bernd Marienfeldt about the chosen one's security model.