HACK by Simon PG Edwards

HACK (HÆK) VB. 1. TO WRITE COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ENJOYMENT. 2. TO GAIN ACCESS TO A COMPUTER ILLEGALLY. ~N 3. ONE WHO WORKS HARD AT BORING TASKS. 4. A MEDIOCRE AND DISDAINED WRITER. 5. AN OLD OR WORN-OUT HORSE.

Category: Mobile

Pre-infected smartphones

08/12/201425/02/2022 Simon EdwardsMobile, Security for normal peopleLeave a Comment on Pre-infected smartphones
pre-infected smartphones

Some Android mobile phones are being sold pre-infected with malware. According to a blog post by Lookout’s Jeremy Linden, “DeathRing is a Chinese Trojan that is pre-installed on a number of smartphones most popular in Asian and African countries.” Some of the…

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Does your smartphone belong to you?

16/09/201412/06/2024 Simon EdwardsMobileLeave a Comment on Does your smartphone belong to you?
Does your smartphone belong to you?

That expensive smartphone (iPhone, Android, whatever) that you spend your life staring at – is it yours? I mean, really under your control? Do you have complete mastery over the content that it accesses, the files it downloads and the…

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Mobile phone kill switches

20/06/201412/06/2024 Simon EdwardsHardware, Mobile, Privacy, Security, Security for normal people, Security SoftwareLeave a Comment on Mobile phone kill switches
Mobile phone kill switches

Microsoft and Google have just announced so-called kill switches for Windows Phone and Android devices. Apparently this is a response to a reduction of iPhone thefts reported since Apple introduced Activation Lock into iOS 7. Kill switches are great in principle but…

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