How to respond to someone else that has your wireless device, LOUIS STYLE!

Things like this when handling information is sloppy and could be used for many reasons from gaining access to internal systems to blackmailing Government people is very poor security to say the least.

If any device that is Government property that handles sensitive information should have a failsafe back door that can be accessed by the IT that originally formatted the system and can be shut down immediately by encryption rendering it useless to anyone who will try to gain access to the programs in case of such issues, not once it's repaired be able to gain any type of access.

There's too many variables here that have gone wrong in many ways.

I actually wrote a very lengthy reply to this for the past hour that explained how this is handled without compromising security but something in it is not passing the word filter. So most of it was lost.

i stil have all the hard drives and mobile devices i have ever used.

Wise move!

Perhaps the best lesson here is do not ever lose custody of any device or cell phone you have used and NEVER trade one in for a 'discount' on a new device as a factory reset removes NONE of your information from the device.

Of the hundreds of millions of devices traded in or sold every year, how does a hacker determine which ones are hack-worthy?

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We all have broken or lost a phone or tablet, sometimes even a laptop!!! I'm a nice guy, an old man. I have never hidden I have a gov job--I work for you the tax payers, and I believe in justice delivered without warning where appropriate.

When my Samsung tablet was returned for replacement / destruction a few years ago AT&T gave me a new one.

That should have been it, right? It was now gone forever.

Then six months later I received an email from Samsung stating someone was trying to access my account via that tablet from the Ukraine. The email contained links that gave me a choice to disable alerts or permanently disable that tablet so it could not be reloaded with any OS or ever used.

So I nuked it of course.

Lets fast forward to today. I'm trying to use my laptop as the controller and 'secondary display over wireless' of any type for my old phone as I await the new one arriving.

I noticed my network connected Surface 3 LTE appeared twice in my devices.

The first one whose screen was shattered was returned to M$ for a replacement, which they sent to me. Again I was assured the broken device would be destroyed.

While it no longer has access to my accounts it could still accept commands from me.

I see this logged into my MS Gov Admin account...

[imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)]

There is only one possible response to such an afront by another daring to access a device I maintained control over.

HAPPY MONDAY MORNING WHEN YOU TRY TO USE IT TOMORROW YOU CHEAP EXCUSE FOR GHANDI...

[imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)]

And yes, I have locked the device to prevent their using it again. Good luck using it to provide 'Offshore' customer support in their job tomorrow.

and lol there just left a bf dangling in the water

So, you're like Ron Swanson on "Parks and Rec"

you're a right-winger who hates the government ...

yet ...

you work for the .gov , and get a paycheck from the taxpayers ... while bitching about taxes and people getting taxpayer money?

got it

So, you're like Ron Swanson on "Parks and Rec"

you're a right-winger who hates the government ...

yet ...

you work for the .gov , and get a paycheck from the taxpayers ... while bitching about taxes and people getting taxpayer money?

got it

You are one of the coolest posters here Louis.

Louis, something to tickle your fancy :-



This is what happens when you help sheep.

No pun intended.

You sir just entered my book of cool.

Not the FONZ cool, yet, but definately Sam Malone cool!

don't know your tv/vid reference


DO know every conservative in government is a treasure

and lol there just left a bf dangling in the water

I am truly glad to see you rewind.

you would love Ron Swanson

We all have broken or lost a phone or tablet, sometimes even a laptop!!! I'm a nice guy, an old man. I have never hidden I have a gov job--I work for you the tax payers, and I believe in justice delivered without warning where appropriate.

When my Samsung tablet was returned for replacement / destruction a few years ago AT&T gave me a new one.

That should have been it, right? It was now gone forever.

Then six months later I received an email from Samsung stating someone was trying to access my account via that tablet from the Ukraine. The email contained links that gave me a choice to disable alerts or permanently disable that tablet so it could not be reloaded with any OS or ever used.

So I nuked it of course.

Lets fast forward to today. I'm trying to use my laptop as the controller and 'secondary display over wireless' of any type for my old phone as I await the new one arriving.

I noticed my network connected Surface 3 LTE appeared twice in my devices.

The first one whose screen was shattered was returned to M$ for a replacement, which they sent to me. Again I was assured the broken device would be destroyed.

While it no longer has access to my accounts it could still accept commands from me.

I see this logged into my MS Gov Admin account...

https://imgur.com/fxeOC30

There is only one possible response to such an afront by another daring to access a device I maintained control over.

HAPPY MONDAY MORNING WHEN YOU TRY TO USE IT TOMORROW YOU CHEAP EXCUSE FOR GHANDI...

https://imgur.com/iJFX9zu

And yes, I have locked the device to prevent their using it again. Good luck using it to provide 'Offshore' customer support in their job tomorrow.

will have to look into this!

my sister had a bumper sticker "..... for President"

it was some woman who was on that show