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HTC Android Smartphone Stores Browsing Screenshots

Posted by Soulskill on from the hope-you-read-this-before-your-wife-does dept.

Mad Hamster writes "Boy Genius Report points out that the HTC Droid Incredible, using the Sense UI, 'will periodically store screenshots of the contents of your web browser.' These shots are stored in such a way that they are not easily deleted. 'They remain when the current browser session is closed, they remain after you clear the browser history, and they remain after a full factory reset,' though there is a way to delete them manually."

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  1. Why are they bookmarking what you do not bookmark? by SuperKendall · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is a non-story. this is not "omg they're watching me"

    I don't think it's that either but...

    They are thumbnails used for the visual bookmarks feature.

    For sites you've not bookmarked?

    It doesn't sound like it's only for sites you have bookmarked.

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  2. Re:Huh. by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And we should clearly believe you. Because a Slashdot comment could never ever be just made up out of bullshit pulled out of an ass.

    $100 that you have never even touched an HTC Incredible. ^^

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  3. Re:Huh. by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It’s not the SD card, and people stating otherwise are lying. That is part of my point.

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