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| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:28:37 PM #44694 |
 SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1  | That I'd gotten caught up in random shit at home, that I haven't been around in months. How is everyone? I'm glad to see a few things changed on the forums. Is the live update system in full function yet? Catch me up. If all else fails, I've got something interesting to talk about. My blackberry, (curve, 83xx series) was sitting on a table today and placed a call (which dropped due to insufficient service where i was sitting) and It was similar to pocket dialing, However it was not random numbers, and it was not in my pocket. As a matter of fact, it was a number to a local police station, which mind you I have never dialed, nor saved in my phone. So my curiosity arises as my phone seemingly pulled the number from no where, and attempted to dial it. Which has my head racing with security questions, Googling it turns up shit for help. It seems no one else has had this problem. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:37:56 PM #44696 |
 Toasty SysOp Level 40 Posts: 7,388 Submissions: 227 | It is operational to some extent. I stopped working on it when people started complaining about a small square lighting up. Usually, I would think this would be desired, so I could see the replies to the things I've added. In this instance, nobody reads topics, so who cares who replies... I guess. As for your phone, did it ever get wet? Is it a slide (I don't think those are, but figure I'd ask). If either of those happened, it's probably the phone -- that is, if you have the cops number in your phone. If not, I'd be a little suspicious, though I doubt they can legally do that. |
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| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:41:33 PM #44697 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 | I doubt the police are calling themselves, I'm more concerned as to how the number found its way into my phone, and dialed itself. And what the outcome would have been if the call had gone through. It's gotten a little wet before, and it's not a slide, Either way, these situations would have dialed strange numbers ###, o923496, etc. This dialed a well formatted number, to a local station completely un prompted. If the number had been saved in my phone, I'd call it a strange pocket dial. It's strange, and interesting. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:44:37 PM #44698 |
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Toasty SysOp Level 40 Posts: 7,388 Submissions: 227 | I'm not sure I follow, you didn't save it to your phone? I also doubt they're calling themselves, but if it wasn't stored in your phone (recent calls, phonebook, etc), then I'd say go buy a fucking lotto ticket. That's either a really lucky thing (due to how rare that would be), or really unlucky considering who it connected you with. I know on some of my phones (or all of them?) if you hold 9 down for a few seconds, it'll call 9-1-1...Not sure where you live, and how things are configured. It would show up on my screen "Emergency Call", despite not actually being named in my phonebook. |
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| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:49:19 PM #44699 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 | Well, It didn't call 911. Let's put it this way, Imagine you put your phone on the desk. Your area code is, 914. Now, your used to your phone pocket dialing, so you know what your looking for. A pocket dial is a random, meaningless sequence of numbers. However, The number dials 914-548-9425. Which is a properly formatted phone number, (not to mention it dials +19145489425), I googled the number, because I'd never seen it before. It turned up to be the line to a local police station. I was entirely unfamiliar with the number, no previous call history to or from the number, no contact entries to match, no matching files containing or titled with that number. So the number was pulled from, seemingly no where. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:50:21 PM #44700 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 | By the way, that isn't the number it called. But seeing how that's location specific I've excluded it, We'll use the number i posted as a substitute for explanations purpose. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:51:20 PM #44701 |
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Toasty SysOp Level 40 Posts: 7,388 Submissions: 227 | It looks like a lotto ticket may be the next strategic move. I honestly could not say how that could happen, though all cell phones are built out of shitty hardware. |
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| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:55:46 PM #44702 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 | The above is true. A lotto ticket for the fact that someone may be remotely fucking with me via horrible cellular security is no reason for any celebration of luck. It's reason for hard research into mobile security.. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 10:58:28 PM #44704 |
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Toasty SysOp Level 40 Posts: 7,388 Submissions: 227 | When cell phones first came out, you could pick them up with a scanner, in clear "text". Now they're digitized, but with enough cash and know-how, you could still eavesdrop. They're not secure, they're basically a cordless phone with a much taller base station, and anybody who thinks their conversations are private needs to realize that they aren't. |
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| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 11:02:19 PM #44705 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 | I never thought they were private per-say. Just thought that the ability to make calls would be a little more restricted. I'm glad that (if my suspicions are right) theres some way for someone to remotely place calls from my phone, this makes me worry. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 11:04:02 PM #44706 |
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Toasty SysOp Level 40 Posts: 7,388 Submissions: 227 | Just to cover all bases, you're sure they weren't calling you? I'd double check...If it was them calling you, feel free to say they weren't, I'd be embarrassed for you. Seriously, I couldn't fathom that going down otherwise. |
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| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 11:06:04 PM #44707 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 | When i told my girlfriend about it, who mind you thinks i'm mentally challenged at times she said the same thing. Proceeded to take my phone out of my hands, forcefully and check it herself. It was an outgoing call, I'll post a screeny of it in a second. |
when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 11:25:12 PM #44709 |
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SOCIALDecay Member Level 4 Posts: 124 Submissions: 1 |  the second call on the list was another outgoing call, by me to make sure the number didn't belong to a contact. The 2:52 was the original, Thats a full history for that number, I haven't erased my calls in the months that I've had the phone. -fucked up the img link. |
Post last edited by SOCIALDecay on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 11:26:14 PM when you've burned all your bridges, swim. |
| Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 4:35:43 PM #44736 |
 Source421 Member 'hnnggg' Level 19 Posts: 1,308 Submissions: 38 | That's pretty odd... I'd be scared man, haha. I have no idea what to suggest, except to make sure it doesn't happen again! Keep us posted. |