Deleted photos can come back and haunt you, says Chong

Tuesday February 24, 2009

Deleted photos can come back and haunt you, says Chong

KUALA LUMPUR: Beware! With computer softwares that are able to recover deleted data from handphones and personal computers, pictures or videos that are assumed long gone can still come back to haunt you.

Since 2007, there have been more than 13 cases of women who have had their private pictures publicly flaunted on the Internet or via the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).

“Most of these cases involved women whose former partners exposed the private photos out of spite,” said MCA Public Services and Complaints Department Head Datuk Michael Chong at a press conference yesterday.

He added that most people were unaware that simply deleting the photos from handphones were insufficient as there were ways to extract the deleted data.

Selangor and Federal Territory Telecommunication Association acting committee member Ivan Er said free, easy-to-use data restoration programmes were easily available on the Internet.

“With just a mere click of the mouse, all deleted data can be restored,” said Er, adding that users should reformat and demagnitise their storage mediums after data deletion as a precaution.

Er also warned that servers of communication service providers could keep records of video calls as there was no stopping rogue employees.

“The privacy policies of these telco companies disallow it, of course,” he said.
The association aims to educate users on the latest frauds and hazards of the telecommunication in­­dustry.


I came across this article and would like to share it here…

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Knowing this information can help us to be more aware and if anyone came across to let others’ took their photo when they are urinating or changing their garments in the changing room, do take their devices and clashed it..

Deleting the photo itself is not enough as they can trace back using certain software.

It sounds evil but this is the best way to protect us and avoiding seeing your own nude photo on the net..

I know this is not a good idea…

Do you have any better?? Mind to share with me??? :)