Re: [SC-L] Mobile phone OS security changing?

2005-04-07 Thread Blue Boar
Michael Silk wrote: > The last thing I want is my mobile phone updating itself. I imagine > that sort of operation would take up battery power, and possibly cause > other interruptions ... (can you be on a call and have it update > itself?) A larger issue for me (though I'm straying a bit from SC)

Re: [SC-L] Mobile phone OS security changing?

2005-04-06 Thread Crispin Cowan
Kenneth R. van Wyk wrote: Greetings, I noticed an interesting "article" about a mobile phone virus affecting Symbian-based phones out on Slashdot today. It's an interesting read: http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/04/06/0049209.shtml?tid=220&tid=100&tid=193&tid=137 What particularly caught my attentio

Re: [SC-L] Mobile phone OS security changing?

2005-04-06 Thread Michael Silk
On Apr 7, 2005 3:12 AM, Kenneth R. van Wyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:26, Michael Silk wrote: > > The last thing I want is my mobile phone updating itself. I imagine > > that sort of operation would take up battery power, and possibly cause > > other interruptions ..

Re: [SC-L] Mobile phone OS security changing?

2005-04-06 Thread Kenneth R. van Wyk
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 09:26, Michael Silk wrote: > The last thing I want is my mobile phone updating itself. I imagine > that sort of operation would take up battery power, and possibly cause > other interruptions ... (can you be on a call and have it update > itself?) I vividly remember a lo

Re: [SC-L] Mobile phone OS security changing?

2005-04-06 Thread Michael Silk
The last thing I want is my mobile phone updating itself. I imagine that sort of operation would take up battery power, and possibly cause other interruptions ... (can you be on a call and have it update itself?) Personally, I would prefer a phone that doesn't connect to the internet at all rather

[SC-L] Mobile phone OS security changing?

2005-04-06 Thread Kenneth R. van Wyk
Greetings, I noticed an interesting "article" about a mobile phone virus affecting Symbian-based phones out on Slashdot today. It's an interesting read: http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/04/06/0049209.shtml?tid=220&tid=100&tid=193&tid=137 What particularly caught my attention was the sentence, "Wil