I came across an excellent article in the Point today written by Laurence Neuer. If you want to read, click here . Otherwise, I offer a brief summary.
The Clusif (Club security of French information) has released its annual overview on Cybercrime. The result is quite scathing about smartphones. Thus, the head of the cybercrime division of the National Gendarmerie, Eric Freyssinet, said "The phones are more powerful and contain more data, so they become more vulnerable. "
Mr. Freyssinet remember that this view is widely shared. Indeed, the very serious Wall Street Journal, conducted a survey of downloadable applications and arrived at the following conclusion: "These applications rely on websites that share data with third parties." The American newspaper also adds that among the 101 most téchargées applications on the App Store from Apple, 47 gave the location, and worse, some do not report at all to the phone user.
Going along the same lines, the ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) had spoken of the leak location data in making those remarks "can help attackers to detect and trace such users and allows tracing, theft or diversion of trucks containing the valuables. " Previously
American society Lookout, specializing in the safety of mobile telecommunications, said that Apple is the subject of a class action following the disclosure of personal information to third parties. This affects not only the iPhone, but also the iPad. Eric Freyssinet recalls: "The peculiarity of Apple phones is that they are endowed with a unique identifier, which allows cross-checking." Because we must not forget that the firm at the apple is also an advertising through its subsidiary, IADs, and therefore observes the behavior of users of the iPhone and iPad for targeted advertising.
But Apple is not the only company criticized, so the mobile operating system Android Google suffers the same treatment. And here, Lieutenant-Colonel Freysinnet take the example of a specific application that allows taking a photo card, go directly to the contact in the book address. He said: "Contrary to what one believes, this is not software that makes it, but small hands which is not known who is behind ...".
Personal note: Our
"smart phones" have become ubiquitous in our lives. We're almost always on us and we spend a lot of time on: sms, calls, application usage, Internet surfing, social networking, GPS, ... Whilst they should not go into a psychosis, it behooves us to pay attention to information we supply.
Sources: The Point.fr , ZDnet, World computer, the computer
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