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Somewhat offtopic, but this article reminded me of the old times when every mobile phone came with a serial port and you could just talk to them direcly. The No
by nom 10y ago
Somewhat offtopic, but this article reminded me of the old times when every mobile phone came with a serial port and you could just talk to them direcly. The Nokia and Siemens devices always supported it by default and it was easy to access everything from address book, to call lists, to ringtones and the "provider logo".
Unfortunately, it was also used by the police to make a copy of everything you had on it...
- roywiggins 10y agoAt least with a front-door you know it's there, I guess!
- nom 10y agoMost people were not aware of it at that time. It's comforting to know that devices like the Nokia 3310 had the serial port, called "F-Bus" or "M-Bus", located _below_ the battery. It made it impossible to connect a cable without entering the PIN again.