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Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions
wisebabo writes "A wallpaper utility (that presents purloined copyrighted material) 'quietly collects personal information such as SIM card numbers, text messages, subscriber identification, and voicemail passwords. The data is then sent to www.imnet.us, a site that hails from Shenzen, China.'"
God help anybody who used facebook and this app... there's every chance they will get home tonight and find an imposter in bed with their wife.
I am surprised, shocked, and dismayed to see a fine journalistic source such as Slashdot stoop to yellow journalism, as it were. There is absolutely nothing suspicious about the origin of the website being being in Shenzen, China and the summary's implication of this is absolutely untoward. I expect a full apology posted immediately, then duped again tomorrow.
A NYC lawyer blogs. http://www.chuangblog.com/
Of course it happens to any platform that you can install/patch/hack on. A lot of people don't even install anything on their winmo phones because its a hassle, yet on iP and droid, it's as easy as pie! But anyone who thinks they're safe is a fool... because unless you compile your own compiler...
My abilities are only limited by my imagination
I am anxiously awaiting the safety and security of Windows Phone 7
and write your own compiler.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?