Attempt To Hijack 'Every iPhone In The World'


	Attempt To Hijack 'Every iPhone In The World'

chestnut501

7-30-2009 4:18 PM

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news, iphones, security, cybersecurity, text-messages, hacker, smart-phone, bug

chestnut501 says:

"This is serious. The only thing you can do to prevent it is turn off your phone,"

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7-31-2009 2:30 AM

The Infowarrior

It is not a bug but a backdooor built into it by apple there were warnings about this before the I-phone was even released.

7-31-2009 3:46 AM

chestnut501

Thanks for the "info", infowarrior

7-31-2009 1:00 PM

Spiritualmonkey

Wow. As if the iPhone didn't have enough marks against it. Very glad team LexiMonkey went with the LG Dare.

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