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I'm sure they'll be fast to fix this, but how fast will phone manufactures be to push this out? This is definitely a real bug, a few weeks ago a text intended

I'm sure they'll be fast to fix this, but how fast will phone manufactures be to push this out? This is definitely a real bug, a few weeks ago a text intended for my girlfriend went to my mom. After you send a text and it goes through the phone changes the name to some random other contact and there's nothing you can do about it.

ot 16y ago
> a few weeks ago a text intended for my girlfriend went to my mom Talk about worst case scenario!
- jhamburger 16y ago
  I don't know about that. Considering the number of devices affected, chances are that some teenager has sexted their parents by now.
- starnix17 16y ago
  It wasn't anything bad, but it makes me very paranoid to text anything I wouldn't want public.
  - SomeCallMeTim 16y ago
    That is probably good advice no matter how you slice it. It's not like SMS is a secure method of communication.
    - xpaulbettsx 16y ago
      It's not secure, but you have a reasonable expectation of privacy using text messages, at least as long as you trust the other person. Not "get away with crimes" privacy, but "I'm getting so-and-so this for their birthday" privacy.
      - Cyndre 16y ago
        Tend to disagree with this. Recently had the htc touch diamond. Then got a blackberry Storm 2 from the same carrier (telus). Bought the old phone back as a present for a friend that was going to go pay as you go (but you cant). Then my friend tells me hes getting my text messages. Every one of them. So I get the phone back, call telus up and complain. The tech has me enter some number which opens up the config for the phone. And low and behold I have my phone number sitting in the phone. Deleting the number stopped the text messages. So lets think about this for a second. All I have to do to get your text messages is enter your 10 digit number into my old non active phone. I would say security in text messaging is non existant. FYI: Happened christmas of 2009 so it might be fixed but I doubt it.

ot 16y ago

> a few weeks ago a text intended for my girlfriend went to my mom Talk about worst case scenario!

jhamburger 16y ago
I don't know about that. Considering the number of devices affected, chances are that some teenager has sexted their parents by now.
starnix17 16y ago
It wasn't anything bad, but it makes me very paranoid to text anything I wouldn't want public.
- SomeCallMeTim 16y ago
  That is probably good advice no matter how you slice it. It's not like SMS is a secure method of communication.
  - xpaulbettsx 16y ago
    It's not secure, but you have a reasonable expectation of privacy using text messages, at least as long as you trust the other person. Not "get away with crimes" privacy, but "I'm getting so-and-so this for their birthday" privacy.
    - Cyndre 16y ago
      Tend to disagree with this. Recently had the htc touch diamond. Then got a blackberry Storm 2 from the same carrier (telus). Bought the old phone back as a present for a friend that was going to go pay as you go (but you cant). Then my friend tells me hes getting my text messages. Every one of them. So I get the phone back, call telus up and complain. The tech has me enter some number which opens up the config for the phone. And low and behold I have my phone number sitting in the phone. Deleting the number stopped the text messages. So lets think about this for a second. All I have to do to get your text messages is enter your 10 digit number into my old non active phone. I would say security in text messaging is non existant. FYI: Happened christmas of 2009 so it might be fixed but I doubt it.