http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/ Engadget Comments for Telstra exec's stolen WinMo 6.5-equipped HTC phone remotely wiped? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
However, my guess is the thief immediately removed the SIM card from the phone so to disconnect it from the cellular network to avoid tracking, and also avoiding the wipe. This is a MWC attendee we're talking about, not some random pickpocket off the street.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
I'm not at all surprised that MS wrote an app for a bunch of prototype devices to be able to wipe the entire OS. A clever solution, or perhaps a very clever marketing strategy?

Here's the new ad copy:
"What happens if your iPhone is stolen? They get everything! All your songs, contacts, emails, and inappropriate portraits. What happens if your WM gets stolen? They get a fancy paperweight.

WindowsMobile - Bringing you back with the power of fear."]]>Feb 23rd 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/sprite-terminator

You can get this for $14 or bundled with Sprite Backup in a nifty HTC specil for $20.

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Also, with Bell, you can go to your Push Mail settings from any computer and send your phone a signal to destroy all data. But ya, as Nicholas said, you can't wipe the ROM with that, just the User Data.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
"What happens if your iPhone is stolen? They get everything!"

Actually that is not correct. If your iPhone is stolen the data can be remotely wiped off. Apple announced support for this in March of 2008. Same rules apply, the phone must be linked to an Exchange server account:

"IT administrators can securely manage any iPhone that contains confidential company information using remote wipe and enforced security and password policies."

http://www.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/integration.html


This is Apple's Phil Schiller talking about this feature (1:45 min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxp9IzTGVno


By the way, what's the difference between WinMo 6.1 and 6.5 in terms of technological advancements/innovations? Besides the honeycomb skin looks that is.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
Or turn it off.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
:P]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
In regards to this story: That is too bad. I was looking forward to some raw, uncut WinMo 6.5 finger action but... hey.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://xkcd.com/397/

"Ideas are tested by experiment. That is the core of science. Everything else is bookkeeping."]]>Feb 23rd 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
And I'm merely pointing out that your grammar is far from correct........]]>Feb 23rd 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Mar 11th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
Long story short, when they say "MYTH BUSTED", they're almost always saying "This story is extremely unlikely", not "The very laws of physics make the situation laid out in this story impossible".]]>Mar 11th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/
Faraday cages also shield the interior from external electromagnetic radiation if the conductor is thick enough and any holes are significantly smaller than the radiation's wavelength.
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Wow. Awesome. Maybe you should take it up a notch and call them Buttheads next time.

Just a really really sweet joke. Don't second guess yourself- it was really really funny.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/telstra-execs-stolen-winmo-6-5-equipped-htc-phone-remotely-wipe/Feb 23rd 2009 7:17PM