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Cyber security Expert Gary Milefsky (flashlight app on smartphones)
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Posted on 10/19/2014 5:43:12 AM PDT by Mechanicos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xz8xKEFvU/a>
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: hacking; idtheft; malware
Cyber Security expert discovered very invasive malware in most Flashlight apps for Smart Phone and it affects millions.
To: Mechanicos
This particular issue involves Android phones.
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posted on
10/19/2014 6:09:43 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: Mechanicos
I have the HTC flashlight on my M8. And very few other apps.
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posted on
10/19/2014 6:11:09 AM PDT
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
To: dynoman
Google the issue, appears to be mostly hyperbole.
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posted on
10/19/2014 6:36:15 AM PDT
by
DAC21
To: DAC21
Quite the contrary, this has been on the radar of major security and black hat operations across the country and the world as a red-level threat. It’s so simple, most people don’t think about it, and most people want to use their phones as flashlights when necessary.
This was raised as a high-priority corporate security vulnerability by several mobile audit companies such as PCI and PWC and is actively monitored by mobile device management solutions such as AirWatch.
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posted on
10/19/2014 6:48:28 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: Mechanicos
Time for everyone to wake up. We might have to do without a lot of things to remain secure.
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posted on
10/19/2014 6:51:18 AM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: rarestia
Sounds like an opportunity.
Sell Regular Flashlights that have a built-in NON-SMART cell phone.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:07:49 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
Or maybe just velco a small flashlight you can velcro to your iphone. In matching color, of course.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:09:45 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
Or maybe just a small flashlight you can velcro to your iphone. In matching color, of course. (sorry about the prior screwup)
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:11:04 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
Or just buy an iPhone, which has a flashlight utility built DIRECTLY into iOS. I do love their attempt at FUD by showing iPhones.
To: goonie4life9
That’s kind of the way the HTC M8 is, the flashlight is a core HTC app.
My GPS does not turn on by itself, I know that much.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:26:05 AM PDT
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
To: Mechanicos
My galaxy had a built in widget for light.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:34:35 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: goonie4life9
Or just buy an iPhone, which has a flashlight utility built DIRECTLY into iOS. Thank you, I was going to post the same thing.
Apple didn't add it to iOS until recently (either 6 or 7), but it's there: you bring up the control panel from the bottom of the screen.
Not everyone knows about it. I recently saw a friend using her old flashlight app, and showed her how to bring up the control panel.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:38:59 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
To: UCANSEE2
I wouldn’t be caught dead outside at night without my Xenon tac-light. My phone is a phone. It’s used to make and receive phone calls. It’s not a flashlight, a level, a ruler, or a compass; it’s a phone.
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:40:59 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: Mechanicos
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posted on
10/19/2014 7:56:56 AM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: rarestia
I EDC 2 flashlights, and no cell phone.
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posted on
10/19/2014 9:12:08 AM PDT
by
ansel12
( LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nationÂ’s electorate for democrats)
To: Brother Cracker
So here is the research contributed:
To: HonkyTonkMan
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posted on
10/19/2014 9:52:22 AM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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