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HTC Sense Stores Thumbnails of Bookmarked Web Pages

Jun 17, 2010, 10:09 AM by Philip Berne
updated Jun 17, 2010, 10:09 AM

As numerous sites are reporting, the HTC Sense interface on HTC Android phones stores thumbnail images of certain Web pages. This would seem to be a security issue, as these thumbnails are not erased when the user performs a factory reset. However, Phonescoop has been able to duplicate the issue on an HTC Aria, and these images are actually stored on the microSD card inserted in the phone's expansion slot, not in the phone's internal memory. The microSD card is almost never wiped during a factory reset. Furthermore, only thumbnails of bookmarked pages are stored, not the entire browsing history. Users can find the thumbnails on their microSD card by searching for a hidden folder called .bookmark_thumb1. Erasing the microSD card should alleviate any security concerns.

source: Phonescoop

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CINSPADE1

Jun 18, 2010, 6:38 PM

I just noticed this yesterday

I had my sprint hero with Eclair update, connected to my pc as a harddrive i was looking for a file i had stored on my phone. i was surprised by the stored screen shots. Delete,Delete,Delete...Ha Ha
good one google I knew you guy's were up to no good. One Love , Google Love , Bro's Iceing Bro's

ch_saechao

Jun 17, 2010, 10:14 AM

seriously?

good to know! 👀

Jayshmay

What exactly does having an image of a bookmarked site saved on a microsd card have ?anything? to do with security???

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Android Ace

But I can't.

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diggitydogg76

Same thing happens with the Moto Cliq with MotoBlur ... just spent an hour goin thru my pics to remove all the dern snapshots.

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muchdrama

Jun 17, 2010, 8:32 PM

So don't...

...browse porn.

Slammer

Jun 17, 2010, 6:20 PM

Technical Question.

What if someone were to use the phone WITHOUT the card. Would the device not default to onboard memory? If so, this would be a difficult removal process and render the device useless for resale. True? I would like to know before removing my card for upgrade.

JB.

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