transferring phonebook to new phones

From your sig I can see that you're prone towards conspiracy theories
(which is not a bad thing!) but this scenario seems a bit farfetched.
If true, Isreal is probably one of the safest places but for what
purpose? Telcos are not required to keep call call records for more than
90 days and your account info is already on their servers locally.


Larry wrote:
> "BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote in news:464f8647$0$1404
> $4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>
>> True indeed but my life is an open book anyway. Digging into my
>> phonebook would give boredom a whole new meaning and, while I
>> wouldn't want to post it publicly, ZYB and the offerings from
>> carriers and manufacturers seem pretty low risk.
>>
>>
>
> Did you guys know the American landline companies all store all your
> personal information with some company in ISRAEL?....OUT OF REACH of
> the Federal Government's laws protecting it?
>
> There was a YouTube documentary from some TV network about it, showing
> this unsecured building that has the phone records of the entire USA
> just sitting there.....and probably for sale for the right price.....
>
> The billing information and all are stored there so they can easily
> see who you called and who called you, too. Not sure if cellular
> carriers store their stuff there, too. It's a HUGE operation....
>
> Larry

On Sat, 19 May 2007 12:27:43 -1000, "BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com>
scribbled:

>
>
> Drumstick wrote:
>> In article <464f5dd0$0$3198$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>> razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com says...
>>> www.zyb.com does it free.
>>>
>>> P.Schuman wrote:
>>>> how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important
>>>> phonebook to a new phone ??
>>>>
>>>> Over the years, I've always managed to purchase
>>>> a vendor data cable + vendor software to download to a PC
>>>> and then upload to a new phone - within the vendor family of phones.
>>>>
>>>> But this approach doesn't seem to be viable for a lot of phones....
>>>> so - how do you backup, download, or transfer you phone's important
>>>> data ??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I use BitPim. I don't like the idea of anybody having my phone data
>> "online" someplace. Verizon is now backing up phonebooks for free but
>> I don't trust them either. My data may be no safer with me but at
>> least I know where it is...
>>
>> Drum--
>
>The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
>transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
>account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
>since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
>phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.

Until your friends start wondering where all the text message spam is
coming from...

> www.zyb.com does it free.
>
well - none of the Kyocera/Qualcomm phones are listed -
https://zyb.com/help/?pagemode=phones

so - I wonder what the common denominator is for this service to work ??

"P.Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote in message
news:wyP3i.6558$RX.674@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net. ..
>
>
> > www.zyb.com does it free.
> >
> well - none of the Kyocera/Qualcomm phones are listed -
> https://zyb.com/help/?pagemode=phones
>
> so - I wonder what the common denominator is for this service to work ??
>
here - from the ZYB website FAQ -
--
No, as long as you have a working WAP access on your mobile, you should be able
to use the service, GPRS just makes the service a lot faster to use.

--->>> You must, however, have a SyncML enabled mobile to use ZYB.

>> The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
>> transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
>> account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
>> since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
>> phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.
>
> Until your friends start wondering where all the text message spam is
> coming from...

I've used it. No one has gotten either. Where did you get the
information that they are doing that... or is it just your opinion that
they will?

-= Hawk =- <Hawk@thispartisbogus.cfl.rr.com> writes:

> Until your friends start wondering where all the text message spam is
> coming from...

Ding ding ding!

--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

"BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> writes:

> >> The ZYB solution is free and extremely easy. After one is done
> >> transferring, one could always delete the data and even close the
> >> account. For myself, I'm not worried about the security of the data
> >> since virtually all of the info can already be found in public
> >> phonebooks. It's not exactly a Janus List.
> >
> > Until your friends start wondering where all the text message spam is
> > coming from...
>
> I've used it. No one has gotten either. Where did you get the
> information that they are doing that... or is it just your opinion that
> they will?

Unless their site is dripping with ads that are getting eyeballs, one
has to wonder the business plan of the site. And just because the
privacy policy or terms of use say one thing today, these have a pesky
way of meandering when someone else purchases the company and wants to
leverage the information assets of the company to make a profit.

It'd be something I'd be very careful with certainly because you're
handing over a notion of all your friends to a third party, and it
comes down to trust.

--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

"BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote in news:464faaab$0$8967
$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> From your sig I can see that you're prone towards conspiracy theories
> (which is not a bad thing!) but this scenario seems a bit farfetched.
> If true, Isreal is probably one of the safest places but for what
> purpose? Telcos are not required to keep call call records for more
than
> 90 days and your account info is already on their servers locally.
>
>

Not far fetched, at all. Your entire phone history is stored, for
whatever purpose, in a foreign country you have no control over,
whatsoever. The fact that it is in one of the combative Middle Eastern
countries, who as we are supposed to forget, attacked our Navy ship
SEVERAL TIMES, and killed 132 American sailors flying the largest US flag
the ship carried while trying to conceal committing genocide on Egyptians
during their 1967 war against their neighbors. In case you've been
brainwashed, that ship was the USS Liberty. 3 guys I went to ET School
with died in the attack. It could have just as well have been me.

I cannot help think the entire US phone database is stored in a country
run by these same wonderful friends of America, immediately accessible to
the Israeli Mossad secret police, who can use this information for
whatever purposes the State of Israel deems "necessary" to keep the
American Tax Dollars pouring in to fund such wonderful enterprises as
Tadiran, creating AWACs planes to sell to our enemies.

The State of Israel has an over 50 year history of spying on America,
very well documented.

As you can see, my paranoid schitzophrenia is well fed by past historical
facts and the current state of international affairs that state is well
involved in helping to create.

Larry
--
Is our phone data safe in the Mossad's homeland?

I think NOT!

It's your turn to start screaming anti-semite....as per JDL instructions.

On Sat, 19 May 2007 14:57:33 -0500, "P.Schuman"
<pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote:

>how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
>to a new phone ??

I tend to stay with Kyocera phones, mostly because I like their
feature set. So all I have to do is buy a new cable when I get a new
phone and the same software (Kyocera Phone Desktop) will sync my
contact list and calendar.

In article <84fy5sz851.fsf@ripco.com>, t@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:

> "P.Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> writes:
>
> > how do folks handle tranferring an ever growing & important phonebook
> > to a new phone ??
>
> With Cingular (at&t) gsm it's pretty simple. Copy all your contacts
> to the SIM card from the old phone (SIM needn't even be activated
> still), pop sim in new phone. Done.
>

This will not work if you have multiple phone numbers on one or more
contacts. The sim will only store one phone number per contact.

--
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH