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T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in::T-Mobile has been sued again for failing to protect consumer data after an employee at one of its Washington stores stole nude images off of a customer's phone.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It depends on how the phone is setup and whether or not you have plugged in to a pc before. It sounds like it's you that has that no idea.

Most android phones (can't speak to Apple) are pretty much plug and play via USB. Plug it in and browse the files on it, it's slow as hell and may be retrievable by software designed to undelete files but it's doable, you may have to approve the connection on the phone but if you have plugged it in prior then you probable don't have to.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Dude the goddamned phone requires that you confirm permission to access or manipulate anything on that phone. You cant just plug a usb cable in and fuck with everything. What the hell sort of phones do you guys buy that it just does that with no security measures?

[+] [email protected] -11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Sounds like you don't understand tech at all. Some of us have been using smart phones since palm and blackberry. Earlier versions of Android didn't need the confirmation at all, assuming that it was defaulted to file access.

I've been android since the beginning and my last few phones (all pixels) I don't remember having to approve the usb connection after the first time.

Can you plug a random phone into a pc and access files? Probably not.

Can you plug your own phone into a pc it's been connected to prior and access files even with a broken screen? More likely yes, than no.

You and the other minions downvoting me should try reading my entire comments as many times ad needed for you to grasp the very basic concepts at play.

And to repeat. You have no idea how the file system on android works. You most definitely can delete/backup/etc the photos, screenshots, etc on the phone via USB. You can not easily access app data as thats encrypted and stored elsewhere.

You kids need to get off the internet before you hurt yourself.

This is starting to feel more and more like reddit, that's not a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Dude you dont even know whether I use android or apple and youre making assumptions about how MY PHONE works. My phone requires that permission be granted to access data from the phone. Telling me again that I can fix this doing something I have already tried is a waste of both of our time. It didnt fucking work. Do you understand? You can fuck right off with this "I know how your phone works better than you do despite not knowing anything at all about it."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What about a dongle to connect a mouse and an external display?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And to repeat. You have no idea how the file system on android works. You most definitely can delete/backup/etc the photos, screenshots, etc on the phone via USB. You can not easily access app data as thats encrypted and stored elsewhere.

Not if the phone doesn't give permission to lol. I speak from personal experience of a Pixel 3a. Previously connected and all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is starting to feel more and more like reddit, that’s not a good thing.

Huh, that's odd. The same user having the same shitty experience across multiple platforms with no other discernable commonality. What a puzzle, we'll never figure it out.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Way to out yourself as one of the idiots I'm talking about. Reddit is full of jackasses who think they are the epitome of knowledge on a subject when the opposite is the truth, the ones who post the most telling others they are wrong are the ones who don't know shit about jack, sadly these numbnuts are making there way here, apparently you are one of them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Nope. Had this happen with my wife's phone. Because developer mode had not been enabled previously and the screen was completely inactive, there was absolutely no way to wipe the phone.

Choice was either pay a stupid amount of money to get the screen repaired (and I've had a bad experience with screen repairs actually working) or bin the phone and hope that nobody bothers to try and fix and then gain access. :/