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Samsung Fixes Cellphone Keyboard Vulnerability

Posted by Soulskill on from the squeaky-keys-get-the-grease dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Several days ago, news broke that Samsung's keyboard software on their Galaxy series of cell phones had a glaring security issue that left 600 million devices vulnerable to attackers. The company has now fixed the flaw internally, and is making plans to roll out security updates to affected devices. They say the likelihood of an actual attack is low, because a particular set of conditions need to be met before any damage could be done.

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  1. Fuck by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate these god damn layout changes.

    Fuck you idiots at Dice!

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    1. Re:Fuck by periodic · · Score: 1

      I hate them as well

      Who the **** is going to share a summary of a story on slslashdot when you can share the sorry itself.

      Also an advise, many slashdot readers are programmers, we despise anything that occupies screen space for no reason, we are used to parse screens mostly full of text.

      Du you want inspiration for a design language that appeals to us? Then i offer you this advise, free of charge even: take a look at emacs, vi, or the Linux command prompt.

    2. Re: Fuck by binarylarry · · Score: 2

      Also these paid advertisements are getting out of hand.

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  2. 600 Million Devices! by cold+fjord · · Score: 1

    What a staggering lot of Linux driven devices in consumer hands. Mind boggling.

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  3. Re:Hate the layout! by Krojack · · Score: 2

    Make your own site and pull the data via rss

  4. Re:Android still sucks anyways? by Krojack · · Score: 2

    Those are not ASOP Android problems, they are Samsung's modified Android problems with Samsung's software.

  5. Re:Hate the layout! by sims+2 · · Score: 1

    Tell me about it the security alarms company i use recently redesigned their website before it had a pricelist for anything you might want done now it says:

    "Our pricing varies depending on what your individual needs are and everyone has different needs. You can email or call us any time for prices."

    Like the websites that want me to call for a quote when i'm trying to determine if something is a $5 or $5000 item.

    How much does a tactical folding ladder cost? I still don't know

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  6. Life *is* change by msobkow · · Score: 1

    Life is change. Stop whining and get over it, or write your own stagnant website that never adapts itself to any new technology. Maybe you could even write it in COBOL, just for giggles. :P

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  7. Re:Whiners and trolls by buckfeta2014 · · Score: 1

    boo hoo.

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  8. Re:Too bad it won't work... by bjwest · · Score: 2

    Or hold the carriers legally responsible for breaches when they don't pass the update through. Or, better yet, the FCC should hold them financially responsible and fine them for not passing a security update on to the devise, regardless of age.

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  9. Re:Whiners and trolls by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1

    Maybe they want to complain without getting an off-topic karma hit.

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