Careful with that iPhone Data

For everyone getting ready to rid themselves of an iPhone (for whatever reason), please remember: inside the iPhone is simple flash memory. This memory is fairly recoverable, even when a restore is run to "wipe" the contents. WIth the ability to "jailbreak" an iPhone and access the filesystem, the problem of leaving sensitive data on the device becomes a little more problematic.

At this stage, I'd recommend waiting until the version 2 software ships and seeing if there's a true secure wipe before flipping a used iPhone.

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Not that I buy into rumors,

Not that I buy into rumors, but someone pointed me at this today:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/25/secure_data_wipe_built_int...

Promising, if true!