Recently one of our acquaintance called up for help in tracing her daughters lost mobile. Inspite of telling her it of no use, she was quite hyper. She wanted the phone to be blocked so that it could be rendered useless.
All her efforts were coming to a naught, with the service provider and the mobile manufacturers call center stating quite clearly that they have no authority to block the mobile using the IMEI number, inspite of the the lady even getting a letter from the police. The police infact stated that in a day, 10000 mobiles are misplace/robbed or lost.
While talking to her, I understood a far graver concern she had regarding the mobile. She agreed with me that a new mobile could be purchased, the same number could be obtained from the service provider. However, she was more concerned about her daughters photos in the phone. SHE WAS APPREHENSIVE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE MISUSED. This is one thing even I had not considered. Even if she would have suceeded in blocking the phone by IMEI number, the memory card is still one thing which can be accessed without a proper password. And even if one does put a password on the memory card, it is quite easy to hack into it.
We click our photos, but how safe are they incase of the cell being misplace or lost or stolen. With the technology advancing fast, it is not a difficult thing to superimpose ones face on any other photo.
Atleast I have decided to transfer my photos immediately to my computer and keep my memory card free.
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