9700 - Mobile Backup - Do you trust it?

[keeseet]

When I upgraded my OS to .442, I went to my contacts and got this little message asking me if I want to use Mobile Backup. I saw how someone mentioned on a thread that they did the Mobile Backup and saw all 542 of their contacts there on the T-Mobile website, waiting in case of an emergency. I'm sure most of you know what this is about since I've seen 1 or 2 recent threads on it, but I can't help but ask the question, Can you really trust T-Mobile (or any carrier for that matter) with all of your contacts?

Granted we're not celebrities or huge public figures, I've read articles on how some employees at different carriers were actually bribed to give out information on certain people. Contacts, e-mails, etc. Not saying Tiger Woods backed up everything to his carrier's server, but I don't believe that's limited to just those in Hollywood.
Maybe I'm being too paranoid, but when it comes to your privacy and security, I don't think I can be.

Thoughts? Ideas? Input?

[Artemis68]

I'm not that concerned about security as much as I am about it failing and tmo losing all my contacts.

As for security, I wouldn't worry about it. it would just be backing up contacts...I don't put a lot of info in there, just numbers and some names. That's certainly not enough for ID theft. I am by no means famous (thank god) and so no one is going to be trying to access my contacts...it's all done with computer anyway.

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[EdS817]

I too am not concerned if TMO has my contacts on their server. I actually liked having the feature but for some reason it stopped working a few days or so ago. Also, MyFaves appeared on my 9700 when I upgraded to .442 and it's no longer on there.