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Your cell phone is out of your control
CNN By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech December 28, 2011: 5:09 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Here's the takeaway from the Carrier IQ fiasco: Mobile phone owners have no clue what data-gathering tools are running on their devices, and little ability to control … Your Cell Phone Is Out Of Your Control |
Attackers can send a maliciously-crafted SMS to a Windows Phone, causing it to reboot and disable messaging functionality. “The flaw appears to affect other aspects of the Windows Phone operating system too,” reported WinRumors. Read more
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Carrier IQ: How to Hack Back Your Phone
All Things Digital The technology, made by Carrier IQ, is currently deployed on more than 150 million devices worldwide. Research in Motion and HTC — the maker of the phone targeted in the security demo — have issued statements denying that Carrier IQ is pre-installed … AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile use Carrier IQ, but don't collect personal info Meet Carrier IQ, your phone's secret recording device Apple Questioned by German Data Regulator About Carrier IQ |
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Introducing the 5-watt server that runs on cell phone chips — Can ARM wrestle its way into the server market? Calxeda and Hewlett-Packard think so. On Tuesday Calxeda launched its EnergyCore ARM server-on-a-chip (SoC), which it says consumes as little as 1.5 watts (and idles at half a watt).