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Android Phone Back Door Discovered

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I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you Fandroiders should see it - URGENTLY!

'Master key' to Android phones found

A 'master key' that could give cyber-thieves open access to almost any Android phone has been discovered by security researchers.

Read more:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23179522

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If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!
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The danger from the loophole remains theoretical because, as yet, there is no evidence that it is being exploited by cyber-thieves.

One other hurdle is that in order to catch out Android users, malicious hackers would have to get their booby-trapped version of a legitimate application on to the Google Play store

 

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I'm not worried.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Feels good to be a Windows phone user. :proud:

File not found. :proud:

 

EFA

Originally said by Charles Babbage
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

I'm not worried.

+1

Feels good to be a Windows phone user. :proud:

 

Relish it for all of those 5 seconds lol

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Wife has a windows phone (technophobe) and tbh I like it, would I swap from Android? no.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

I can see some potential in the Win8 / Windows phone layouts even if all of my mates hate it.  Personally it isn't for me, but for less geeky folks I think it is ideal.

 

I get a lot less questions from the in-laws since I upgraded them.

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im on wp8 and im a fan. Hate android (had a desire) and not a fruit phone fan. So its either bb or wp for me.

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