IIRC, that was done on OS 1.3.5. I believe I read somewhere that since then, 1.4.x has fixed many, if not all, of those issues.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:56 AM, George Kontos <[email protected]> wrote: > Palm's WebOS, the software on which the company's Pre smartphone is based, > is 'riddled' with dangerous security flaws, according to security > researchers who said they were able to crack the operating system via text > message. > A probe of WebOS uncovered a number of easy-to-find bugs, giving the > impression that Palm had put minimal effort into security, researchers from > Intrepidus Group said in an advisory > <http://intrepidusgroup.com/insight/2010/04/webos-examples-of-sms-delivered- > injection-flaws/> published on Friday. The firm also published a video > <http://intrepidusgroup.com/insight/webos/> demonstrating a Palm Pre being > cracked via text message. > The researchers demonstrated text messages being used to point the device's > Web browser to a particular Web site, forcing the device to begin > downloading a message and turning off the handset's radio, among other > actions. > http://www.zdnetasia.com/researchers-crack-palm-s-webos-via-text-message-620 > 62753.htm > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
