Sad Story

[William Kenworthy]

and before that, some real security on the FR.

BillK

On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 21:36 +0100, Yorick Moko wrote:
> my condolences;
> 
> we need a way to remotely activate the gps and make it send an sms and
> e-mail etc etc
> 
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Ian Darwin <ian at darwinsys.com> wrote:
> > Juan Cañete wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Last night a burglar stole my FR. ...
> >>
> >> My phone had debian on it. I had a lot of applications configured. I used it like my main phone. Mail accounts configured, Phonebook with all contacts, a lot of sms, many applications configured with my users/passwds. And I realized they had access to all. I called the mobile phone company to suspend the number, I've changed almost all important passwds, anyway, although I think they even don't know how to use the FR, maybe they will sell it to someone that do, and he'll surf into my life.
> >>
> >> I only wanted to share this story with you. Maybe, because sharing my sadness I'll feel better, maybe not...
> >>
> > Sr Cañete, thank you, you do both yourself and all of us a service. We
> > all (I hope) empathize with your loss.
> > And, most importantly, your story reminds everyone on the list of the
> > importance of doing backups of their handheld data with at least the
> > same regularity as their desktop and server systems. Regularly.
> > Paraphrasing Santayana: Those who do not learn from the suffering of
> > others are destined to suffer in the future.
> >
> >
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William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
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