Cell phones spill secrets

Link: AP Enterprise: Cell phones spill secrets - Yahoo! News. I have an electronics junk box at home, into which all old, or unused, or never installed tech gadgets goes. All my old cell phones and PDAs are in it, and, I confess, the detritus of my gadget junk has spilled over into drawers and shelves, and everywhere else. Now, I know why my subconscious created the need to hang on to this stuff. Functional electronic devices tend to migrate down to the wife and kids. But, now I am reminded that nothing is secure. Remember the line from the movie, "Is it Safe?" Well, no it isn't. Now there are easy tools to recover personal data from cell phones and PDAs. If you are using your cell phone to send secret IMs to someone you shouldn't, watch out. Of course, the best way is mine. Just hang on to every gadget you ever bought. It can make for some fights at home, but at least you won't be seeing your IMs and secret information plastered all over the Internet. While I am thinking about it, there is another source of electronic discovery.