[aklug] Re: smart phone security

Quoting Kurt Brendgard <brendgard@yahoo.com>:

> Short answer: yes!
>
> Long answer: yes, and has been a real problem in the past, and not just on
> military bases. iPhone had a security hole in it a while back that made news.
> People were taking over cell phones remotely, listening in on
> conversations when
> the phone was on not in use, wvwn allowing the camera even to be
> used. And the
> owner might not even know it. Think that one has been patched, but
> it's still a
> concern as far as I know. Smart phones run on some OS, just like a
> desktop, and
> holes do turn up that allow people to take over them.

Kurt,

Do you have any links to some of this stuff for us folks who aren't
paying as careful attention? :)

I'm not talking of myself, of course...cough, cough.....

Mike B.

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Received on Mon Oct 4 13:04:36 2010