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Feeling a little weary of rooting your Android device? Well, if you’re on the fence about whether or not you should give the green light to giving your phone root access, you may want to think twice. It looks like after your phone is rooted, passwords are saved into the system files as plain text,…
The mobile security firm Lookout said it now has over 2 million registered users and shared some interesting data about how its services are being used. If you’re not familiar with the company, it makes apps for Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile which scans for malware, provides find-my-phone features and allows for online backup of…
The security company NetQin Mobile released NetQin Mobile Manager 3.0 for Android mobile devices. The application comes with several handy features, all designed to keep users in control of their phone: Call Manager – enables the black list feature, allowing users to block unwanted callers – the numbers in the list will be automatically rejected…
RIM’s adventures in international security continue today as the International Telecommunication Union, an agency of the United Nations, said BlackBerry data should be shared with the world’s governments as needed. In regards to the security demands made by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, India, and others for lawful interception of full text e-mails ,…
Tomorrow was the deadline for RIM to offer a way for the the India government to lawfully intercept BlackBerry communications, which, if not satisfied, would have resulted in a ban of services. After reviewing everything and meeting with RIM, the Department of Telecommunications will test a proposed monitoring solution for 60 days which should allow…
Intel plans to spend $7.7 billion to buy McAfee and its security products and you can be sure that mobile phones and smartphones play a big role in this acquisition. Smartphones have generally been free of major viruses that plague the desktop but, as smartphones continue to grow market share, most experts think it is…
The last we had heard regarding a BlackBerry ban in India suggested partial access to BlackBerry Messenger data had been secured, demanded so the government could lawfully intercept communications. Today, there’s word that India’s Department of Telecommunications is trying to get a hold of enterprise e-mails, which has so far remained outside the reach of…
There is nothing more precious to most of us than our smartphone privacy. And you’d think that the iPhone might be rather impervious to getting its data siphoned right out of it via hardware. But forget about those malicious apps that can steal data right off of your phone or what Steve Jobs & Co.…
The government of India started playing hardball yesterday with Research In Motion, threatening to shut down BlackBerry services in the country if RIM failed to meet security requirements for lawful interception. RIM’s already working with Saudi Arabia security officials who had similar demands of BlackBerry Messenger, browser, and e-mail data sent over BlackBerry, but just…
After some shaky negotiations with RIM, India is threatening to shut down BlackBerry service at the end of the month unless their security demands are met. Saudi Arabia was on the verge of a ban, but have put a hold on it after RIM started setting up local servers, and it seems like the Indian…