Our very own Winn Schwartau is in the news again talking about mobile phone security.
While the cloud appears to be the ultimate jailbreaker, it is prudent to remember that a freed device is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the phone becomes a truer handheld computer, fully enabled to exceed native carrier and device restrictions. On the other hand, the phone becomes a miniature computer prone to mega security problems . . . .
“App stores and mobile apps are the greatest hostile code and malware delivery mechanism ever created,” Winn Schwartau, chairman of MobileActiveDefense.com, told TechNewsWorld. “An estimated 20 percent of Android and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) apps are already infected, and the iPhone/iPad have been rooted.”
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