I like to keep this discovery to myself (because it can
be used negatively) I also thought it wise to make it known to other BB users.
I got a call on my BB early this morning while still in
bed, I looked at the caller ID and was surprised to see my own name displayed
as the caller! 'Wtf' I thought to myself, how on hell did I get to dial my own
number, thinking the call came from my other line. I look carefully and saw my
saved details; image, names, place of
work and phone number. At first I ended
the call and checked both phones to be sure the call didn't come from my other
phone. Was thinking how could this have happened when the same call came in
again, I answered the call only to hear 'asalamalaikum', told the caller wrong
number and ended the call.
Even call log had my details and number as the caller.
Then I looked carefully at the caller's details (call history of call log) only
to discover that it came from a 0703 mtn number while mine is a 0803 mtn number
but other seven numbers that followed where all same (meaning it was just the
second digit that differs). I was like wao! How come? This is supposed to be a
fuc... smart phone!
I dialed same number on my basic nokia phone (it also has
my mtn number saved on it) but it wasn't as 'dumb' as the blackberry and
didn't display my saved details except the number I dialled.
I also dialled same number that called me on my bro's blackberry and lo and behold my details were displayed as the number being dialled.
Further more, I decided to change the 0703 digits to
another mtn ID. So I used 0706 and rest of my seven mtn numbers. The result was
conclusive; BB isn't smart after all as my details was displayed as the number
being called even thought it wasn't.
Meaning if you stored 0803(1234567) as Obama on your blackberry and 0703(1234567) or 0706(1234567) calls you and ask you for a favour, you may
gladly oblige to the unknown caller's request because your blackberry is gana show that
the call is from the Obama you have pre saved on your blackberry. Am sure a text from
these other numbers will also display as being sent by the Obama you have pre
saved on ur blackberry.
Same for other networks! Beware!!
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