Cell Phone Pictures - Forever! What lands on a cell phone stays on a cell phone. If you plan to give your phone to someone, you will be making everything that was ever on the phone...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

What lands on a cell phone stays on a cell phone. If you plan to give your phone to someone, you will be making everything that was ever on the phone available to them. Destroying the phone is the recommended solution to ensuring your privacy. The factory reset does not eliminate the data.

This is from BBC News.

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

:thumbup: You're better than Google man! And a lot easier

Swamp Gator Loc: Coastal South Carolina

If total destruction of your cell phone is the only recourse, may I suggest using it for target practice as a fun and practical method?
Prop it up on something appropriate, step back, and fire away.
For handgun shooters, perhaps starting off with a manageable .22 round (which will likely provide several opportunities) would be pleasant as opposed to going right for 45ACP or 10mm which may be more of a one and done scenario.
Rifle shooters can also go with .22 but 7.62x39 may be overkill.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Swamp Gator wrote:

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But then I'd have the expense of buying guns. Of course, first I would have to find a good gun forum and get advice on what to buy and what to avoid. Once I got started with firearms, the expense would eat into my photography expenditures, and I'd have to make a tough choice about how I wanted to shoot. I'll stick with my sledgehammer. :D

Here's the link to the full article.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28264446

Swamp Gator Loc: Coastal South Carolina

jerryc41 wrote:

But then I'd have the expense of buying guns. Of course, first I would have to find a good gun forum and get advice on what to buy and what to avoid. Once I got started with firearms, the expense would eat into my photography expenditures, and I'd have to make a tough choice about how I wanted to shoot. I'll stick with my sledgehammer. :D

Here's the link to the full article.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28264446

What? You don't already have some guns?!?

But the gun forum idea is a good one. Join one and make your first ever post... "What's the best gun to buy?" They love those kinds of questions and they are just as much fun as the same one here except substitute camera for gun.

Curve_in Loc: Virginia

A little understanding on how data is stored will help you protect your privacy. When you save something on a phone (or computer), that section of the disc is marked as "taken" so your device will not try to store any more information on the same part of the disc. A factory reset removes the "taken" flag. The data is still there until it is overwritten. There are lots of free apps/programs that will overwrite the disc which replaces any stored things with a series of ones and zeros.
My feeling is that we don't need to make more toxic trash when 15 minutes of effort can keep your private info private.

buenaventura43 Loc: Rockland Co. NY

I might be mistaken , I think the cell phone has a mini SD that can be taken in and out like a DSLR.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

buenaventura43 wrote:

I might be mistaken , I think the cell phone has a mini SD that can be taken in and out like a DSLR.

They have internal memory, too.

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

jerryc41 wrote:

What lands on a cell phone stays on a cell phone. If you plan to give your phone to someone, you will be making everything that was ever on the phone available to them. Destroying the phone is the recommended solution to ensuring your privacy. The factory reset does not eliminate the data.

This is from BBC News.

Sensationalism and nothing to fear..

If you are worried about it, just connect the phone to your computer and erase everything. The new cell phone provider will need to replace the sim card anyway.

Phones usually have two cards in them. A sim card for the operating system, main function and a storage card. The storage card is optional on some models.

Sure Home Land Security may be able to recover the information but few others will.

gym Loc: Athens, Georgia

I wonder if Anthony Weiner ever got this message?

trebor Loc: Erie, PA

My cheapie cell phone (Virgin mobile Kyocera) stores all of my data on a remote server. Each time I turn on my phone, my contact list, etc is retrieved from some remote "cloud". My phone has no user card.

Curve_in wrote:

A little understanding on how data is stored will ... (show quote)

banjonut Loc: Southern Michigan

jerryc41 wrote:

What lands on a cell phone stays on a cell phone. If you plan to give your phone to someone, you will be making everything that was ever on the phone available to them. Destroying the phone is the recommended solution to ensuring your privacy. The factory reset does not eliminate the data.

This is from BBC News.

Jerry, stop watching the news. Everything will be OK.

Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

jerryc41 wrote:

What lands on a cell phone stays on a cell phone. If you plan to give your phone to someone, you will be making everything that was ever on the phone available to them. Destroying the phone is the recommended solution to ensuring your privacy. The factory reset does not eliminate the data.

This is from BBC News.

Really,I just purchased a Samsung Epic 4G from e-bay.It came with no card for the camera & I don't see any data left on the phone from previous owner.

kanap Loc: Southwest Florida

What would Jack Bauer do?

PhotoGenesis131 Loc: Michigan

jerryc41 wrote:

But then I'd have the expense of buying guns. Of course, first I would have to find a good gun forum and get advice on what to buy and what to avoid. Once I got started with firearms, the expense would eat into my photography expenditures, and I'd have to make a tough choice about how I wanted to shoot. I'll stick with my sledgehammer. :D

Here's the link to the full article.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28264446

But it is still shooting. Sig p938 is like having a point and shoot.