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Dark Side Arises for Phone Apps

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703340904575284532175834088.html

by pier0 • 16 years ago

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zitterbewegung• 16 years ago

Maybe now is the time for systems that audit and protect phones possibly?

adbge• 16 years ago

> The apps were more useless than malicious, but could have been updated to capture customers' banking credentials, said John Hering, chief executive of Lookout, a mobile security provider.

Seems like more fearmongering aimed at Google's open market. The article reads like "open == insecure" and subtly implies that Apple's market is too open. Um, what?

nfnaaron• 16 years ago

Would you buy a bank app from an app store? I think I'd rather get the app directly from my bank. On the other hand, I'm having trouble reconciling that last statement with Quicken downloading data from my bank; I didn't get Quicken from my bank.

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