Secretions on your phone reveal your secrets Mobile phones may reveal as much about their owners as the data inside them, a finding that complicates device privacy issues. In a paper [PDF] published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that by sampling chemicals deposited on mobile phones through regular usage, they could learn about …
"In a paper [PDF] published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that by sampling chemicals deposited on mobile phones through regular usage, they could learn about the device owner's health and habits."
No shit, Sherlock - depending on whether or not Sherlock washes his hands properly.
When you consider attempts to retrieve DNA from ancient bones have been hampered by contamination if not retrieved very very carefully.
Any details retrieved from a phone would also be affected by anyone close to it other than the owner, partners, siblings, offspring, mates down the pub you show that funny video to and who breathed on the phone screen.
I'm a --- who takes a low dose of --- because I have negative reactions to ---. I eat pretty darn healthy and I try to exercise regularly. (Including an under-desk bicycle.) Why would I give a flying fairy fart who can mine that from swabbing my phone for vague and pointless medical information? You don't need a secret swab of my fingerly juices. Just pay some intern twenty bucks to stack me for a day and you'll know that much about My Secret Identity. Bah. Whatever. The fact that I still use a Nokia C6 with the Symbian revamp instead of Apple or Google because it a) works better and b) is less likely to be hacked and c) still has great battery life is probably a heck of a lot more interesting than how many vegetables I eat in a day. :\
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