hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

there is a serious issue of privancy in nokia n900. atleast the community or the maemo guys should comeout with the tool to lock sms

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

read a thread it says about a widget to cause an error in conversation program and undo it.

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

another post on a thread suggests to lock the device...

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Could you elaborate on this?

Basically:

1. What the problem is.
2. What it should do.
3. What do you think will fix the problem.

I just read your PM, and it wasn't very clear, either.

(Also, if it's a problem with an application try filing a bug report first: bugs.maemo.org )

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

If you don't want anyone to read your messages, why not set a lock code and lock the device before leaving it unattended?

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lock code is not the solution..
i used a software phone guard on my symbian phone and was expecting a similar software on n900

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problem: The conversations are no more private as anyone who picks up my phone can view that.

what it should do: 1. it should hide conversations. 2. it should make conversations inaccessable.

what should fix the problem: 1. program that can password-protect the conversations. 2. any widget or command line in the x-terminal making the conversations accessable and inaccessable. 3. any other secret method which a user may know to access conversations..

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

sometimes i forget to lock it..

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Mine locks itself.

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minimum duration is 5 min but sometimes it doesnt gets locked automatically..

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everyone using n900 are invited to post their suggestion regarding 'hiding/locking conversations' on this thread...

programmers are requested to come up with some genuine solution..

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any progress regarding development of software to lock onversation from maemo gurus..

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ive got something that locks messaging, ill post the guide today

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You are right...this minimum duration of 5 mins is not what we want or what we xpect from a power house like the n900

privacy is what we want from a mobile computer:rolleyes:

An app that can

1) lock the the whole conversations app(or multiple apps)
2) lock/filter sms from particular contacts:p
3) Asks for PIN when a sms pops up after the lock has enabled


some one plz try to figure this out:(

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...postcount=1438

thats what i came up with, although its a mod, not an app, you need rootsh 1.5, and winscp or mc to move the files, when its set up it stops conversations from opening, but it wont stop new sms from arriving

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Well, While I had been using my N95, I used to have a neat app called "call and sms guard" or somethin like this. The features were,
1. Blacklisted callers or sms senders (Contact Numbers in this list will have their calls cut the moment it reaches your phone and their sms will be deleted without question)
2. Baby List (Contacts in this list will have all their misscalls removed from the phones call logs and moved instantly to another log that is maintained within the application. Same with the Sms)
3. File Encryption.

I think all that will be required is the second point stated above. I know that this is linux based maemo and their are limitations to it. Hope some genius maemo programmer comes up with a whole new source code that will make this device,UNSTOPPABLE :P.

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

You should stop having affairs.

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

not everyone is having an affair, some of us have a psycho ex girlfriend that wont take no for an answer! and id rather never know that she has called or txt me, also i get lots of txts and calls from idiots all day long trying to sell me a business phone contract, when i could be taking calls for actual jobs, (im self employed)
Mcleaner was great for this on symbian, but i read in a thread like this one a few months ago, that developing an app that needs access to the 'telephone' part of the phone (to filtter calls) is so difficult that its just not gonna happen, gutted really

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Come on guys:mad: why is nobody intrested in such an App???if i was a programmer then i would've definetley done this:rolleyes:

but am not:eek:

so any of you programmers out there pls help the community....this App will add up the security for our personal files and to the overall popularity of our beloved n900...;)

lets wake up this BEAST and show the world what this powerhouse is capable of:)

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Well thats one way of seeing the use of this "fictitious would be app". But like Leetut states about callers bugging etc and no way to stop em, this is also another prospective which ppl really would appreciate. Well, take me for example. I work as a Systems Engineer for Microsoft. I get approximately 15 - 20 calls per day from my client companies.So what happens s that in the midst of some serious workwhen an ***** calls you up and starts, sir do you have insurance,this isvery special plan blah blah, or, hello you need a credit card? or maybe everyday you end up getting some caller who says that he is lookin for the same guy everyday and eveytime he calls.... Well there is always a positive and negative side to everything. So, lets weigh this requirement and I would say, we would end up with more positivity. Later.

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

Your mod needs to be an app , or put both buttons, so you can enable/disable.
Your mod could be taken to the next level, with some sort of security app, that would lock the phone,trigger the front facing camera or a host of other things without out anyone knowing; but first things first please create your mod into an app!

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

thanks leetut for the mod
but we need an application with stabiity and yes we do want to hide notifications for specific contact too...

Great job..but still needs to be polished...

Has anyone created a symbian s60 v3 emulator?
would be great as we can use its security softwares and office for n900..

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if any developers are looking at this check out mumsms+ (s60 app) it really personifies what everyone wants from a app of this nature...

i.e. filteration of text messages dependant on specific allocated contacts/numbers both sent and received...this should be automatic..and onli accessible from the application which filters the messages to itself and this should be coded with a password/pin

and btw some need to hide messages from girlfriends that mums done approve lol...hence probably "mum"sms+ ;)

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just use rtcom-eventlogger api and store desired messages into an app of its own. (regular security issues about encrypting stuff etc here)

then just add a password protection to the app and voila.

Re: hide and lock msg / messeges / sms in n900
 

does your suggestion automatically take texts on receipt and store them away? or is it a manual procedure?

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Hi..can you please elaborate on this????like the steps to do this...?
am not a linux guru:confused:.....

it'll be help for lot of us....