Games, Life, and Stuff » Gadgets http://www.techknight.com/blog Game development and more Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:34:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Blocking telemarketers and scammers with the iPhone http://www.techknight.com/blog/2009/02/24/blocking-telemarketers-and-scammers-with-the-iphone/ http://www.techknight.com/blog/2009/02/24/blocking-telemarketers-and-scammers-with-the-iphone/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:14:26 +0000 techknight http://www.techknight.com/blog/2009/02/24/blocking-telemarketers-and-scammers-with-the-iphone/ Recently I used QuickPWN to jailbreak my iPhone, and one of the great tools not available in the official App Store is iBlacklist. As other Canadians know, there’s been an unfortunate increase in telemarketing calls since the National Do Not Call List went into effect.

With iBlacklist, I just add a number to the blacklist, choose an action (auto-hang-up, straight-to-voicemail, etc), and I never have to receive an unwanted call or SMS again. The application keeps a log of what it has blocked:

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That’s three unwanted calls in the last few days that I never even got a ring for! (According to 800notes.com, this particular caller purchased my information from a credit card company.)

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More photos on Flickr.

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However, the default install of Windows Mobile 5.0 lacks some basic features necessary for truly secure mobile computing. Security that is especially important if one is to depend on public wireless hotspots for connectivity.

These three programs go a long way towards filling in the gaps:

PockeTTY

This application serves two purposes. First, it is a functional SSH client for remote administration. Second, it acts as a port forwarder so that any networked application can communicate securely through an SSH tunnel.

Public hotspots mean untrustable networks. But if all of the traffic in and out of your device is encrypted then you needn’t worry about snoops.

(To make typing easy I was able to buy an HP Thumb Keyboard sheath that slips on to the bottom of the iPaq. More information here.)

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NetFront 3.3 Technical Preview

NetFront supports modern web browser features that Internet Explorer lacks including the especially useful multiple windows and manual proxy settings. It’s just a better browser overall.

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Resco Explorer 2005

An alternative to the built-in File Explorer, Resco Explorer has handy features like network share browsing/mapping and file encryption.

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Links

PockeTTY
NetFront 3.3
Resco Explorer 2005
Pocket SnapIt, a free Pocket PC screenshot tool

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