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Newsflash
The popularity of cellular phone ring tones is on the increase and has probably even surprised the people that created them; such is the popularity, I doubt if anyone can remember the last time they heard a phone with a traditional ring! Of course this does make your phone just that little bit different from the guy next to you. Because of the entertaining effect of ring tones and cellular phone wallpapers, computer experts and cell phone manufacturers are quick to design software and gadgets that provide easy installation.
Because people enjoy playing around with different sounds and swapping them, the ring tone converter was devised. These are useful devices that also help with downloading the sound files from special web sites.
A cellular phone ring tone converter may also function when transferring a sound file from other cellular phone brands. Some older or more basic models may not have a built in programs but it may still be possible for you to use the existing phones music creator. Newer ring tone converters no longer require cables or even infrared connections to transfer these files.
If you are serious about personalizing your phone you could try finding one with fully functional sound composer. This is not as gimmicky as you think with many really good ring tones having started out as a creation of someone with a ring tone composer. Editing sounds and converting your favorite song into a cellular phone ring tone is easy with modern software.
The craze is so big now that not only have a huge number of web sites set themselves up purely to deal with this but many now have weekly and monthly update plans available to subscribers. There is a variety of ways these sites can update your phone and they no longer require your phone to be connected to a computer.
The choice is yours, because you can create your own sounds, collect them from others or download them from the internet. All you have to do is check that your phone can use the software supplied and after that whether, it won't matter if it's a new cellular phone ring tone or wallpaper, you probably won't come have any problems. |
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Cell Phone Security: Risks and Dangers of Mobile Communications |
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Written by Chad Cook
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Sunday, 11 March 2007 |
Cell Phone Security: Risks and Dangers of Mobile Communications
Due to the structure of the mobile communications system, cellular phones are significantly more vulnerable to 'cellular hacks' than other types of phones.
The two major dangers with mobile communications are eavesdropping, and rebilling.
On analog networks (which, as of late, have been replaced with the two types of digital networks: CDMA and GSM) anyone within range with a scanner could pick up your cellular signal, and listen to what you are discussing. With the recent move towards CDMA and GSM digital networks, calls are encrypted for your protection, though, eavesdroppers with the right patience can still decrypt these calls, and listen in on your conversation.
Protecting ones self against eavesdropping is quite simple - consider your cellular phone as a handheld radio broadcasting station (as, that is effectively what it is) and dont say anything confidential. Its unsafe practice to blindly trust any communication medium, and always important to remember that neither cellular communications, nor landline communications are infinitely secure - both have hundreds of faults and potential exploits which should be considered.
The second type of cellular fraud is called Rebilling, or fraudulent billing. When a criminal gets a hold of your cell phone signal, they can dissect it to steal, and clone the phones identification numbers - the ESN and the MIN. Once this information has been stolen, they can program it in to their own phones, and start billing straight to your account. This type of cellular criminal is refered to as a cloner, as they clone the identification numbers.
Protecting yourself against Rebilling is slightly more difficult than eavesdropping. The cellular networks have done a lot to increase the difficulty of the cloners job, however, cloning is still happening. Disabling 'roaming' support on your cell phone is one easy way to eliminate much of the risk of cloning, cloners like roaming-enabled phones, as it is difficult for cellular networks to track roaming-enabled phones and shut them down for fraudulent use. Other than limiting your roaming usage, protecting yourself against rebilling is likely a lost cause - instead, you should ensure you review all your cellular bills, and report calls to your service provider. |
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