Re: Erasure of Mobile Phone Data

["DAVID R. MORTON" <dmorton () U WASHINGTON EDU>]

Tim,

To some degree it depends upon the phone.  Most phones connected to Exchange via active sync (windows mobile, iPhone, 
etc) can be admistratively wiped. Blackberries have a similar function. Many of the phone recycling programs have links 
or instructions as well.

Hope this helps

David


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On 3/2/09 3:19 PM, "Tim Lane" <tlane () SCU EDU AU> wrote:

Greetings All,

does anyone use or have knowledge of a program or simple user based method that can erase all user data from mobile 
phones (I am talking voice, text and MMS messages, data (encrypted and unencrypted), web history, saved passwords, 
contacts etc etc).

Thanks,

Tim

Tim Lane
Information Security & Disaster Recovery Manager
Information Technology & Telecommunication Services
Southern Cross University
Ph  + 61 2 6620 3290
Fax + 61 2 6620 3033
Mobile +61 418 248 571

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