All those broken cell phones..

[meno]

I'm convinced im not the only one with a collection of these things. I mean, I know I'm never going to fix them, they are old, broken, shattered screens and what not, but I can't get rid of them, I just can't. Why, you ask? Because, they broke with all this information on them. I never got a chance to wipe them clean and the what ifs are rampant.

I find it kind of terrifying that we have so much personal information on these things. I mean, we install all the little apps, the bank account app, the email accounts of course, the 2FA seeds, you name it, no matter who owns a smartphone these days, chances are that person has put a lot of very dangerous stuff on their phone.

I know someone is going to point out that no one has put a gun to my head, and that I made the choice to put all that info in them, I know that. But, the way this whole thing has worked out is that we've all succumbed, or at least I have, to convenience.

Could I go back to an era pre cellphone? Of course, but do I want to, do I really want to? - I mean, let's be honest here, we have grown so used to these super computers that fit in our pockets that when we have misplaced them, it feels like we forgot our wallet at the restaurant.

There is an app for that

I'm old enough to remember a time were remembering ten or so phone numbers was absolutely necessary. I mean, you had to know your parents number, and your best friends. Gosh, my parents even knew phone numbers to friends of mine. But today... Who knows phone numbers? I mean, aside from your own? We all have an app that arranges them, and those who love being fancy even have an obeying AI that makes the phone calls.

"Siri... call the boss lady"

And of course the limit is not even defined. We bank with our phones, we browse the internet, we STEEM (I certainly started to), I even do some minor crypto things on my freaking cell phone. Ok, maybe that's not too smart, but I do. So, you see these little broken devices could be some kryptonite disguised as outdated technology and I just can't remember their launch codes.

What's the right move?

Spend the money, fix them, and then reset them? I guess I could do that, but that feels like I'm flushing some money down the toilet, specially because nobody would use them afterwards. That is if they can even be fixed, maybe they can't, but the data could be extracted still.... maybe.

Should I see how the fare against a woodchipper? I mean, I know that Woodchipper always wins, but doesn't it feel like I'm destroying the planet a little bit, making tech become absolute useless garbage. I mean, I know it's already garbage, but it's garbage with potential, there is a difference...

I haz a confuze

I'm going to stare at these broken phones for a little bit, see if I get some sort of revelation.... I mean, I know I wont, but I'm still going to stare at them.

_{• Shhh... don't tell em
• On it's way to Colorado - Meno is now crazy series
• Crazy vlog Im giving away my stuff
• Just pay for the shipping and its yours
• A late phone call with mom}

Comments

[honarparvar]

couple of months ago I found my lld BlackBerry bold, in my stuff... it was very odd! stared at it, the quality beauty which was way too useless! honestly speaking, i missed the touch and experience...
where do we go from here? 😀

[vincy]

I think I still have all my old phones except when I started getting an iPhone cos I could sell them every time I upgraded haha.

And I actually could still turn some of them on and access some data, like sms and contacts!

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[mediahousent]

Currently, I blog with my cellphone (oops). Brother, you don't want to know the stress I pass through though. It crashed few days ago, could you believe I didn't backed up my flies (oh no, omg). I really can't withstand the trauma. I just had to let it go...
I understand your message.

[tcpolymath]

I have two suggestions:

First, your local accredited zoo will take them. How much you're willing to trust them about security is up to you, but their goal is making sure that the components don't end up killing animals, not recovering anything from the phone itself.

Second, find a metal shop with a hydraulic press. Nobody will be able to get data off of them after that and you can probably pay whatever it costs to use it by taking a video for DTube. People love hydraulic press videos.

[meno]

People love hydraulic press videos

hahhahaha i just remembered there is a viral youtube channel about that

[kantos]

Estimado amigo @meno La tecnología nos arropa, ella nace de la necesidad del hombre de cubrir sus prioridades, sin embargo poco a poco esas necesidades se volvieron mas y mas extravagantes jajaja.
Yo vivo en un pais donde la teconologia esta (todavia) en pre jajaj ya han llegado telefonos inteligentes pero son super costosos y solo los pueden tener personas con grandes sueldos, entonces me dije a mi mismo ''no tengo opcion'' o me preocupo por ganar dinero para comprar un buen telefono, o no me preocupo en absoluto por tenerlo y anoto los numeros telefonicos mas importantes en una agenda. jajaja pues asi lo hice jajaja, algo obsoleto, pero real.
Espero no extraviar la agenda jajaja.

Dear friend, the technology wraps us up, it is born from the man's need to cover his priorities, however little by little those needs became more and more extravagant hahahaha.I live in a country where the technology is (still) in pre hahahaha, smart phones have already arrived but they are super expensive and can only be used by people with high salaries, so I said to myself, "I don't have a choice" or I worry about making money to buy a good phone, or I don't worry at all about having it and I write down the most important phone numbers in a diary. hahahaha, I made it hahaha, something obsolete, but real.
I hope I don't lose the agenda hahaha.

Again...

THANK YOU!

[nonsowrites]

hey man, if you have an andriod phone with an os above 4.2 then you can help a brother out, lol. Im stock with a blackberry z3.

i also heard there is a tiny piece of gold in every phone, I don't know how true that is, but if it is indeed true, then my brother what you have is a gold mine.lol

I think I felt the same way when I sold my laptop. our devices contain a lot of our data. I even thing it's possibke to get from our gadgets even after they are swiped--cloud?

[itstime]

You have an oven in your home?

[meno]

hahahah cook them?

[itstime]

That's an idea. ..

[melodyrussell]

@jasonrussell says they go for about $2 per pound on eBay ;)

[meno]

you know what's funny... im not sure that's a joke.. i mean, it sounds like it should... but is it?

hahahah

[jasonrussell]

I was a little off on the price.... more like $8+ on ebay ;)

[meno]

scrap gold!! oooohhhh

/me grins

[jasonrussell]

This is kindof what i do..... scrap computers and phones... if you take them apart and sell just the boards out of them theyre more like 20+ per pound

[melodyrussell]