T-Mobile has been sued again for failing to protect consumer data after an employee at one of its Washington stores stole nude images off of a customer's phone.

T-Mobile sued after employee stole nude images from customer phone during trade-in::T-Mobile has been sued again for failing to protect consumer data after an employee at one of its Washington stores stole nude images off of a customer’s phone.

  • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Not immediately wiping a used device that hasn’t already been wiped is such a hazard. If they didn’t wipe it, they’re probably technologically illiterate enough that it’s loaded with tons of malware too.

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      These days it’s pretty difficult to get malware on smartphones, most exploits are quickly patched by Google or Apple. “Bad actors” need to use zero-day exploits to get their malware onto devices and/or pay millions of dollars to use a tool like Pegasus onto someone’s device. They’re not going to waste that money on someone like you or I.

      • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I mean, it could just be one of those apps with a fully transparent icon and no name that sends ad notifications. If a tech-illiterate person installs it, they may not realize what they did and then not know why they’re getting ads or how to find and remove the app. It doesn’t need to be system-breaking malware.