<div dir="ltr"><div>Here's a link for more details on the hack.<br><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/27/android_phone_text_flaw/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/27/android_phone_text_flaw/</a><br><br></div>Steve Nicholas<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:05 PM, James Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com" target="_blank">James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">One the first things I do with my android is to remove hangouts and reinstall the old messaging app.<br>
But then the only google apps I have on my phone are the play store and required services. And they stay frozen except when I explicitly turn them on for a specific purpose, then refreeze them.<br>
It's not paranoia even when they aren't out to get you. Just because it's a by-product of their business plan doesn't make it less damaging.<br>
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>>> Brian Stanaland <<a href="mailto:brian@stanaland.org">brian@stanaland.org</a>> 7/27/2015 1:34 PM >>><br>
<span class="im HOEnZb"><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/07/27/426613020/major-flaw-in-android-phones-would-let-hackers-in-with-just-a-text" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/07/27/426613020/major-flaw-in-android-phones-would-let-hackers-in-with-just-a-text</a><br>
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This looks like a bad one.<br>
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Brian<br>
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