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Post by mrspickles on Jan 14, 2014 18:18:01 GMT -4
I have a Samsung-Sidekick. Friend has an Iphone, and we know that he has accessed her texts both because he deleted many of them and because he has answered some of her texts. She typically deletes messages from her phone but that has never casued them to disappear from my phone before, so it is either a huge funny coincidence that it happened with only her messages and only over the time period they were dating and fighting, or he has somehow removed them from my phone. She also recently had her home laptop crash, and took it to a repair company who found a keystroke logger program. Can't prove it was him, but again, seems like a very big coincidence. He is a very controlling, stalkerish type with a history of violating restraining orders and documented mental illness [she didn't know those things at first, and the breakup was because of his nasty behaviour and she found out he lied about basically everything.) The guy freakin' peed on her car one night. The text where he told her he did it is, of course, one of the ones he deleted. And all the ones where he called her a c*nt, sl*t, b!tch, wh@re, accused her of having vd, told her he called her boss to get her fired from her job, etc etc. All gone, and I really don't like thinking he has any kind of access to anything of mine and I don't know if I'm being paranoid or experiencing the gift of fear. T-Mobile wasn't much help, but it was just customer service and she wasn't able to do much more than look through the owners manual and other internal update information. A quick Google search tells me that there are apps that can be downloaded to a phone (just need the s/n or maybe just the phone number itself) I don't know if that is real, though, or if it is itself some sort of phishing scam.
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Post by bklynred on Jan 14, 2014 19:22:00 GMT -4
Wow. Well one, I hope your friend is physically safe. Two, there are definitely keystroke programs out there, so if he had one I find it credible he may have had access to her phone (since they were together and he might've learned her passwords etc).
Now as for your phone... I'm not sure. I would either contact T-Mobile's fraud/scam division, post to a forum that's specific to this phone, or if you have access, hit up a spy store and ask around. I know it sounds very cloak & dagger but there's one in the city (around 50th & 6th Ave in NYC?) that sells cameras and all sorts of crap, and in this day & age, they would probably have info on whether such a thing is possible. If you're not near a brick & mortar, look up one online and see what kind of services they offer (like 'retrieve deleted texts' or 'monitor a teen's texts'). Any of that stuff could easily be used by a stalker. Good luck!
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Gigiree
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Post by Gigiree on Jan 14, 2014 21:10:14 GMT -4
Wouldn't T-Mobile be able to retrieve those texts? I was under the impression that the cell phone carriers kept records of all of this. Of course, there is always the NSA--they probably have a record of all those texts. ETA: I've reached 1,000 posts! I'm absurdly tickled about this. </dork>
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Post by mrspickles on Jan 14, 2014 22:40:03 GMT -4
Wouldn't T-Mobile be able to retrieve those texts? I was under the impression that the cell phone carriers kept records of all of this. Of course, there is always the NSA--they probably have a record of all those texts. ETA: I've reached 1,000 posts! I'm absurdly tickled about this. </dork> Congrats on the big 1000! It seems the only way to retrieve the texts would be if I had backed them up, which requires an app that I don't have. I'm still waiting to hear back from NSA, though, so there's hope. Thanks for the suggestions! bklynred, I am starting to think that a part of her is enjoying the drama on some level, and I would have taken a bigger step back already if not for the fact that I'm worried about her daughters (17 and 9- the 9 year old is my 6 year old's bff right now.) If she's not actually getting a kick out of the drama, then she's incredibly hard headed about listening to very sage advice from almost everyone she knows. As it is, I'm distancing slowly but surely. I have plenty of drama in my life, thanks anyway.
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Post by pathtaken on Jan 15, 2014 8:57:52 GMT -4
Not sure if this is something I should ask here or elsewhere but here I go. We're thinking of getting rid of cable tv and going with some sort of online tv, what are the pluses and minuses of that? I keep seeing Chrome TV adverts but after buying that don't you still need a subscription somewhere? We just updated our VCR/DVD to a Blue Ray player so it has the ability to go online, isn't that all the Chrome thing does?
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Post by mrspickles on Jan 21, 2014 1:07:47 GMT -4
Got another phone questions- is there a way to block calls from an unknown number? It comes up as "private number." I have had the world's lamest prank phone caller for almost 2 years, and he's making me really sad. Part of me wants to block the calls, but the other part of me is a little relieved when he calls after a few months of silence, so I know he's okay.
pathtaken, I feel like I should offer some guidance, but I know nothing about the cable alternatives. Sorry.
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Post by bklynred on Jan 21, 2014 8:22:52 GMT -4
Not sure if this is something I should ask here or elsewhere but here I go. We're thinking of getting rid of cable tv and going with some sort of online tv, what are the pluses and minuses of that? I keep seeing Chrome TV adverts but after buying that don't you still need a subscription somewhere? We just updated our VCR/DVD to a Blue Ray player so it has the ability to go online, isn't that all the Chrome thing does? pathtaken, do you mean something like hulu or a smart TV kinda thing? I don't have personal experience with online TV but I watched at a friend's house--married, two kids--and the mom said it was fabulous. It seemed really cool but not sure of cost, etc. mrspickles, what kind of phone provider do you have? Sprint & Verizon both allow blocking of numbers. I can go online & block a bunch of numbers through the Verizon site...hmm, those are 800/888 & area codes though. What did your provider say?
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Pomm
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Post by Pomm on Jan 21, 2014 9:18:24 GMT -4
Got another phone questions- is there a way to block calls from an unknown number? It comes up as "private number." I have had the world's lamest prank phone caller for almost 2 years, and he's making me really sad. Part of me wants to block the calls, but the other part of me is a little relieved when he calls after a few months of silence, so I know he's okay. I don't think you can block an unknown or private number. These days, it's really easy to block known numbers even through your phone (iOS 7 lets you do it, for example) but I don't think even cell phone companies can block unknown numbers. I had a problem with nuisance calls a couple years ago, and they basically suggested that I change my number. If you tell them you've been getting nuisance calls, they will do it for free. It may be worth asking your company, though.
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Post by americanchai on Jan 21, 2014 11:47:06 GMT -4
Not sure if this is something I should ask here or elsewhere but here I go. We're thinking of getting rid of cable tv and going with some sort of online tv, what are the pluses and minuses of that? I keep seeing Chrome TV adverts but after buying that don't you still need a subscription somewhere? We just updated our VCR/DVD to a Blue Ray player so it has the ability to go online, isn't that all the Chrome thing does? Pathtaken, some Blu-Ray players have wi-fi and smart TV capabilities, I think it depends on your player. Roku is an example of a streaming device that hooks up to any TV. It gives you access to Netflix, HuluPlus, HBO Go, and a bunch of other sites where you can stream movies, videos and TV shows. To stream Netflix or HBO Go for example, you would have to have a paying subscription/account to those services already. Some new smart TVs already have these capabilities where you don't even need a separate streaming device.
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Post by pathtaken on Jan 21, 2014 12:19:18 GMT -4
I've been researching things, I just hate change of any kind. Everything is a slow over process with me. The cable just went up, plus it's about to change to another company so I want to ditch it. The BluRay has wifi, just watched a bunch of Comedians Getting Coffee this weekend, so I'll probably do Hulu or Netflix. Checking into those indoor antenna thingies now, a friend has one and gets about three channels. She lives on the other side of town, we are in the boonies not sure if I can pick anything up.
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