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Spyware In BlackBerry Updates For Users in the UAE

Posted by timothy on from the this-could-happen-in-$yourcountry-too dept.

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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  1. Slippery Cunts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod me down. Now!

  2. Steve Jobs is a flamer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Steve Jobs and I are gay lovers (I was the one who gave him HIV). I gotta say he gives good head and has one of the tightest anuses around considering the constant flow of dicks in his ass.

    1. Re:Steve Jobs is a flamer by Reasoned+Mind · · Score: -1, Troll

      homosex is sinful, you dirty fucking sodomite.

      if you love Jobs so much, why don't you give him your liver? he might need it.

    2. Re:Steve Jobs is a flamer by Freetardo+Jones · · Score: -1, Troll

      Jobs already got his live transplant last month after using his money to buy himself to the top of the donor list.

    3. Re:Steve Jobs is a flamer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You say it as if its a bad thing. I, for one, would rather see Jobs get his liver than, say, some old person who worked as a machinist for 30 years, or even worse, an alcoholic native american.

  3. Re:UAE - no surprise by BlackSnake112 · · Score: 1, Troll

    So you expect the government to provide everything to you?

    I always thought if you wanted something you worked towards getting it.
    You want good health care, you pay for it.
    You want a fancy car, you pay for it.
    You want a good retirement, you pay for it.

    If you do not cover your own ass, you are stuck. It is hard and cold, but it is reality. Do I expect the government to give me health care, no. The social security check will be less then the stamp it took to get it to me at the rate it is going. I am not counting on that either. Didn't the person who started social security say that this should go away and not be permanent?

    Besides if you are expecting a handout, will you work to better yourself? Which is the biggest issue with the government provides all. People get lazy and stop bettering themselves.