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HTC Sense Stores Thumbnails of Bookmarked Web Pages

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seriously?

ch_saechao

Jun 17, 2010, 10:14 AM
good to know! 👀
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Jayshmay

Jun 17, 2010, 10:22 AM
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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Da_Bonehead

Jun 18, 2010, 11:43 AM
If you are paying your credit card or bills, the image may be saved as a thumbnail. if you access site for work that requires a VPN or secure login it may save the image. if someone sees it or finds you device then they have your information from those sites
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Jayshmay

Jun 18, 2010, 11:48 AM
Oh, I thought a thumbnail image meant just the logo of the websites homepage.
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Da_Bonehead

Jun 18, 2010, 11:52 AM
It possible could and the security is to someones relationship when their GF Wife Fiance find BangBros logo on their phone.
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Jayshmay

Jun 18, 2010, 11:55 AM
Ahhh, you now the sites!!! There's also Tiava.com, Redtube.com

I like free stuff, screw paying!
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Android Ace

Jun 17, 2010, 10:43 AM
But I can't.
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Jayshmay

Jun 17, 2010, 10:48 AM
Yeah there should be an option to turn it off if one wants.

But I don't understand what storing a thumbnail image of a bookmarked website on a microsd card has anything to do with security I really don't.
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kingstu

Jun 17, 2010, 12:04 PM
It all depends on what sites you use. Online banking, credit card and other financial sites might be problematic. Medical sites might reveal sensitive data. The problem is that when you think everything is erased with a factory reset and you sell it and it is not, then you have potentially a serious problem. The more mobiles are used as micro-computers the more chance of problems when things like these happen.
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Jayshmay

Jun 17, 2010, 12:38 PM
All the article says is being saved is a thumbnail image of a bookmarked site, what harm is a thumbnail image of a site?
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diggitydogg76

Jun 17, 2010, 1:34 PM
Go to your online banking website ... see the account numbers, balance, service info ... ALL that would be on the thumbnail ... see the problem now?
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Jayshmay

Jun 17, 2010, 1:38 PM
Now I understand, I thought it was just a small thumbnail image of the websites logo is all I thought.
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diggitydogg76

Jun 17, 2010, 12:34 PM
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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Jayshmay

Jun 17, 2010, 12:39 PM
What harm is a thumbnail image of a bookmarked site?
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diggitydogg76

Jun 17, 2010, 2:17 PM
Its the information contained ON the thumbnail image that is potentially harmful. Just because its a thumbnail doesnt mean it cant be blown up enough to decipher the information contained within.
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