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FTC to HTC: Patch Vulnerabilities On Smartphones and Tablets

Posted by timothy on from the tla-envy dept.

New submitter haberb writes "I always thought my HTC phones were of average or above average quality, and certainly no less secure than an vanilla Android install, but it turns out someone was still not impressed. 'Mobile device manufacturer HTC America has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones and tablet computers, introducing security flaws that placed sensitive information about millions of consumers at risk.' Perhaps this will push HTC to release some of the ICS upgrades they promised a few months ago but never delivered, or perhaps the reason they fell through in the first place?"

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  1. Cyanogen Mod. by pecosdave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The best software patch I've found for HTC products, though I have tried others.

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    1. Re:Cyanogen Mod. by puto · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I am a tech support manager at one of the largest cell carriers in the US, and while HTC might have nice hardware, they are very shoddily made and usually about 3 months into it 40-60% of the phones crap out multiple times and we have to end up giving out Samsung as replacements. Which is why you see the HTC 1X selling new for 99 cents, because it is a horrible piece of crap.

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  2. Re:Perhaps... by anagama · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah -- but there are other's you can't do anything about. Dropbox or Google+ for example: only options are "force stop" and "uninstall updates". How about a flat out "uninstall".

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