On Jun 4, 11:45 pm, Mystic Prowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apps Can do that? I am quite concerned about that. Why would
> there even be an app that does that?
Honestly, I don't know. I'll leave the answer to that to the
more experienced folks here. Personally, though, I prefer not
to make any assumptions, either way. I more or less start with
the following, and modify my view on a system as I get to know
both it, and the black-hats that are targetting it[1]:
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>From Alec Muffett's security FAQ (since I lost the original):
Q.4 What makes a system insecure?
Switching it on. The adage usually quoted runs along these
lines:
"The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched
off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a
concrete bunker, and is surrounded by nerve gas and very highly
paid armed guards. Even then, I wouldn't stake my life on it."
(the original version of this is attributed to Gene Spafford)
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Is this overkill? Maybe. Maybe not. For the Android, I
really don't know, and as such, I'm not assuming anything.
Later,
--jim
[1] This is one of those places where I would normally quote
Sun Tzu.... (in this case, Ch 3 paragraph 18)
--
73 DE N5IAL (/4) | DMR: So fsck was originally called
[email protected] | something else.
< Running FreeBSD 7.0 > | Q: What was it called?
ICBM / Hurricane: | DMR: Well, the second letter was different.
30.44406N 86.59909W | -- Dennis M. Ritchie, Usenix, June 1998.
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