[pct-l] Slightly off topic phone question

[Halfmile]

Mike,
With technology almost anything is possible, but phones are not yet as
bad as windows computers.
Your probably most vulnerable from:
-Keeping sensitive information on your smart phone, then loosing it.
-Phishing exploits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
-Installing phone apps from untrusted sources
-Using unsecured Wi-Fi

F-Secure is a company that sells security software for phones and
other computers. I personally don't think it's necessary at this
point, but here's a link to their mobile security tips, which
generally seem like good advice to me:

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002089.html

-Halfmile



On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Mike Cunningham <hikermiker at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Slightly off topic.
>
> Many people carry phones while out on the trail. Some of these are smart phones, some are stupid, and many are in between. Often responses to this list are from phones.
>
> We all know that if you open something bad on a pc you may get it  infected with a virus or some critter that sends your keystrokes to another computer. What happens if you open such a thing on a phone? Can a phone get a virus? Can the keystrokes be captured?
>
> hm
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