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According to Jonathan Zdziarski's book 'iPhone Forensics,' a tech-minded thief can recover key strokes, GPS maps and even deleted files from an iPhone's memory, potentially making available everything from an private e-mails to credit card information. The book goes on to instruct the reader in the ways of iPhone-pillaging, which we don't think could possibly help the situation.
Not to single out Apple's model, as many phones are surely as liable to leak information, but we are adding the sixth reason not to buy an iPhone. [From: NewScientist.com]
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Subscribe to commentsJohnOct 6th 2008 7:06PM
Now that apple has finally a mainstream hackable device with personal information, they can be subjected to the same anal exam windows computers have gotten from hackers.