Business Card in NOKIA is an Exploit!! - GSM-Forum

Yolly Zubrick · 04-05-2002, 18:20

@Mods: I dont really know if the topic fits here, please move it if needed. Thanks.

Greetings to all members.

I would like to bring up the issue of business card format in nokia. As you might have noticed, when receiving a business card, there is no option in the handset menu to view who sent the businesscard. One option to have a view of the sender is attaching the phone to an SMS manager program like Cellular Express or Nokia Data Suite for 51xx/61xx. But then you dont attach your phone to the PC all the time.

I have several friends who are bugged by unknown users sending obscene and threatening messages through business card. An option very open to exploitation, this is the weakness of Nokia's software.

I am bringing this up in the hope of somebody doing something about this, preferably nokia itself. I'm sure nokia has a spy in this forum and I'd like to bring to the company's attention to improve on this feature. I would appreciate if we can have a "Detail" option in the business card, much like the "Detail" option in the SMS.

ZEROCOOL · 04-06-2002, 13:12

solution..........

use a non-nokia phone that way you may know who sent the businesscard

or use a old nokia phone

Hanukkah · 04-08-2002, 01:26

Lend them a 9110i. It shows who sent the businesscard.

dluik · 04-08-2002, 07:01

i sent a nasty buisness card to mate for a joke, but he has a 9210. and like the 9110 it shows who sent the card also.

But for all other nokias u are right it does not show the number.

Dan

Yolly Zubrick · 04-08-2002, 10:18

yup, 9xxx does show the sender. I think it's quite stupid that nokia didn't put the "details" option. this goes for logos, ringtones, and picture messages too, though the pic msg can show sender only after its saved.

So nokia engineers, try fixing this!

04-05-2002, 18:20	#1 (permalink)
Yolly Zubrick Freak Poster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Iloilo City, The Philippines Posts: 440 Member: 8396 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	Business Card in NOKIA is an Exploit!! @Mods: I dont really know if the topic fits here, please move it if needed. Thanks. Greetings to all members. I would like to bring up the issue of business card format in nokia. As you might have noticed, when receiving a business card, there is no option in the handset menu to view who sent the businesscard. One option to have a view of the sender is attaching the phone to an SMS manager program like Cellular Express or Nokia Data Suite for 51xx/61xx. But then you dont attach your phone to the PC all the time. I have several friends who are bugged by unknown users sending obscene and threatening messages through business card. An option very open to exploitation, this is the weakness of Nokia's software. I am bringing this up in the hope of somebody doing something about this, preferably nokia itself. I'm sure nokia has a spy in this forum and I'd like to bring to the company's attention to improve on this feature. I would appreciate if we can have a "Detail" option in the business card, much like the "Detail" option in the SMS.

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04-06-2002, 13:12	#2 (permalink)
ZEROCOOL Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: US Posts: 37 Member: 7004 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	solution.......... use a non-nokia phone that way you may know who sent the businesscard or use a old nokia phone

04-08-2002, 01:26	#3 (permalink)
Hanukkah No Life Poster Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: RP Age: 48 Posts: 890 Member: 5246 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 9	Lend them a 9110i. It shows who sent the businesscard.

04-08-2002, 07:01	#4 (permalink)
dluik No Life Poster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: UK Posts: 729 Member: 3430 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 3	i sent a nasty buisness card to mate for a joke, but he has a 9210. and like the 9110 it shows who sent the card also. But for all other nokias u are right it does not show the number. Dan

04-08-2002, 10:18	#5 (permalink)
Yolly Zubrick Freak Poster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Iloilo City, The Philippines Posts: 440 Member: 8396 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	yup, 9xxx does show the sender. I think it's quite stupid that nokia didn't put the "details" option. this goes for logos, ringtones, and picture messages too, though the pic msg can show sender only after its saved. So nokia engineers, try fixing this!