If you have an IPhone....read this if you are thinking about ending your relationship with the phone in pursuit of a new IPhone....guess what...you could be leaving a ton of information available...as the article states below, hopefully the Microsoft Exchange remote wipe will be of help here...as the units will soon be able to come under "group policy" under a remote group...is this Microsoft coming to the rescue here to wipe personal data....BD 
It looks like you might have to think twice before flipping that old iPhone on eBay when the 3G version finally hits -- it appears that restoring the phone doesn't actually erase the contents of the flash, meaning that your data is available to anyone with the proper tools until it's overwritten. Making matters worse, it appears that Apple doesn't do a low-level format when refurbishing iPhones either -- an Oregon State Police detective was able to use forensic software to pull files, emails, and screenshots off an out-of-the-box refurbished iPhone. This actually shouldn't be surprising to anyone -- we've seen several utilities that access "deleted" portions of storage -- but since Apple doesn't provide users direct access to the iPhone's filesystem, it's basically impossible to clear your personal data off the device short of restoring and filling the disk with junk data. Hopefully iPhone 2.0's Exchange-based "remote wipe" feature is a bit more secure, eh?
Refurbished iPhones are an excellent source of previous users' data - Engadget
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