Spyware In BlackBerry Updates For Users in the UAE

mulaz writes with this excerpt from The Register: "An update pushed out to BlackBerry users on the Etisalat network in the United Arab Emirates appears to contain remotely-triggered spyware that allows the interception of messages and emails, as well as crippling battery life. Sent out as a WAP Push message, the update installs a Java file that one curious customer decided to take a closer look at, only to discover an application intended to intercept both email and text messages, sending a copy to an Etisalat server without the user being aware of anything beyond a slightly excessive battery drain."

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Re:Steve Jobs is a flamer

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-1, Flamebait

While there is a little bit of truth to this (having money and the ability to cross the country at a moment's notice helps your chances), it's mostly false. The organizations that manage organ transplants have some pretty strict standards about that sort of thing and do audits to look for preferential treatment. It basically boils down to "you can't buy your way to the front of the list".

But while you can't get yourself at the front of the list, what you CAN do is get yourself on multiple lists. Transplant lists are managed regionally, and so if you'd be able to make it to, say, Tennessee in time for your transplant (this is where money and a private jet come in handy), then you can go to Tennessee, get evaluated, and get yourself on the list for that region. And that is how you can game the system if you've got money and are Steve Jobs. But you still won't get yourself at the front of that list.