On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:25 PM, coderman <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > the attackers were able to use non-privileged apps to continually > invoke voice search, possibly other services. as you know, voice > search sends voice data to google servers... over the 3G or 4G > connection, which in this situation provided the attackers with an > open mic. (and they can intercept, so you won't see anything on your > end.) why isn't voice search always over HTTPS? why can it be invoked > continuously?
yes, more recent Android versions improve the HTTP vs. HTTPS situation greatly... for stock Android. why is non-HTTPS voice search supported? (using http:// should error.) sorry all, too much time spent on this discussion already. this really deserves a full write up but that isn't for me to do. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
