Aunty is a big fan of the T-Mobile Sidekick, nee “Danger Hiptop”. She carries hers with her wherever she goes (well, almost). Once thought of as the poor man’s Blackberry, the Sidekick has really come into its own, offering all if not more of the functionality of the Blackberry, for half the price, and at half the size.

Plus, it’s got that uber-cool flip-up screen which brings to mind a 007 gadget.

So it was with not a little dismay that Aunty learned that T-Mobile’s user’s accounts, and in particular Sidekick accounts, had been hacked and compromised.

And it wasn’t just a one-time deal. The hacker, one Nicholas Jacobsen, had illegal access to the servers and accounts for somewhere between seven months and a year, depending on which account you read. Nicholson had access to user names, social security numbers, and, oh gosh, photographs of… [Continued...]