[LINK] PI discovers flaw in Google phone tracking system

[Roger Clarke]

At 22:26 +1100 5/2/09, Stilgherrian wrote:
>Translated, this just says that if you leave your phone unattended
>someone could install software on it that you don't know about. This
>has ALWAYS been the case since there as GPS and Java in phones. There
>is no new security or privacy threat here.

1.  The risk of unauthorised installation of software on an 
unattended phone is one of several aspects mentioned.

2.  That risk is compounded by the power of self-reporting of location.

If you don't see that as an additional security or privacy risk, I 
for one wouldn't be hiring your services in that area!

Not up to your usual quality of stir, Stil  (:-)}

(Interestingly, the first general media outlet that turned up on my 
doorstep earlier today was The West Australian, which isn't usually 
one of the more techno-aware ones).

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