Cell Phone Secrets Die Hard

duplo1 writes "According to an article on CNN, "Selling your old phone once you upgrade to a fancier model can be like handing over your diaries. All sorts of sensitive information pile[s] up inside our cell phones, and deleting it may be more difficult than you think." It seems that corporate security policies need to extend their disposal standards to mobile devices; but what is there to educate consumers regarding such a potential breach of privacy?"

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Re:factory reset?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

It resets the RAM and loads all the default settings for built-in applications from ROM. It typically doesn't touch the FlashRAM.

But that's just the typical reset. Factory Reset isn't a feature that is normally exposed without additional external attachments (a cable, a PC, and special software).