Smartphone security is heading for 'apocalypse' [telecom]

From Computerworld 5/16/12

"Network World - The meteoric rise in the smartphone market is
creating a dangerous vulnerability in smartphone security - one that
may not be patched until the problem expands into what has been dubbed
an "apocalypse."

Dan Auerbach, a staff technologist at the Electronics Frontier
Foundation, points to outdated encryption standards and the inherent
vulnerabilities of the baseband processor found on modern smartphones
as the makings for a security hole through which users can be
exploited at large."

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227222/Smartphone_security_is_heading_for_apocalypse_?
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