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Carrier IQ and security of certain mobile devices

30 Nov 2011

An interesting, perhaps troubling, issue raised with respect to security of certain mobile devices. Read more about Carrier IQ  (http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/how-much-of-your-phone-is-yours-20111115/, http://androidsecuritytest.com/features/logs-and-services/loggers/carrieriq/carrieriq-part2/, http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video.  A somewhat long video of how this works is available here. http://tinyurl.com/cwcyjoc. Although there will likely be more articles about this in the media in the future, this highlights potential security and related issues for users of mobile devices.

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Categories : Confidentiality, Electronic Files, E-mail, Internet Use, Privacy, Security, Cellular phones

Wi Fi on Planes a Security Risk?

17 Nov 2010

Lawyers travel and use wi fi on board planes. This may be a here-and-gone phenomena, however. With the recent hullabaloo over full body scans, a major threat appears to be wi fi: the capability of a terrorist to use an on-board computer to dial up a cell phone in the cargo hold rigged to a bomb and set it off. The story, slightly to the side of our usual focus, is here.

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Categories : Security, wifi, Cellular phones


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