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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Android Security

Apparently Google's mobile platform is vulnerable to attack. A recent post by a university professor discussed how unsafe the platform is, so the does this mean more frequent updates for Android devices?

Ars Technica Article

26 comments:

  1. is there such thing as secure technology?

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  2. thank you for encouragement! good luck to you too!

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  3. This blows, but I still love my Droid.

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  4. I still love my Fascinate.

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  5. I think you're OK as long as you don't have TMI on your devices, which you should never have.

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  6. I have a galaxy ace, hmm.

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  7. Anonymous18/5/11

    Mobile viruses maybe?

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  8. If you Jailbreak an iPhone, the password to access the root menu is "alpine" on every device.

    Long story short, Someone made a virus that changed your background to rick astley

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  9. ^Interestng. Where is the root menu though?

    And I'll be informing my Droid loving friend of this! Thanks!

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  10. it's not just the android, it's google chrome as well :/

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  11. considering people "hack" into their own droids all the time, not really surprising. I'm not scared XD

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  12. hopefully more updates. But I would say its more secure then any other phones.

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  13. Hasn't anyone seen terminator. technology is going to fight back one day.

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  14. Well at this point it makes me wonder if cell phones in general are worth the stress.

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  15. Stick with the IPhone and jailbreak it <3 haha works like a charm baby

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  16. I will still use my milestone 2 xD

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  17. I'm kinda surprised this is coming from Google

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  18. all phones are vulnerable to attacks!

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  19. Thanks for the article, it's good information to know. I really like my android, but from what I hear a lot of phones are susceptible to hacks. :(

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  20. Good thing I haven't decided on which smartphone to purchase

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  21. Just don't use strange wifi and you'll be fine.

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  22. I think this is the problem with an open source OS that's actually super popular and profitable for these phone companies. Stuff gets holes in it when they put their own hastily built custom shells on it.

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  23. Uh oh, this isn't a good sign.

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