[LINK] jailbroken phone risk

[Jan Whitaker]

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/remote-wipe-your-phone/

There's panic about a security hole in Facebook's iOS and Android 
apps that 
<http://garethwright.com/blog/facebook-mobile-security-hole-allows-identity-theft>surfaced 
this week, but the threat of identity theft is being blown out of 
proportion. You only need to worry if your phone is actually stolen, 
and even then a hacker would need it to be jailbroken, 
<https://twitter.com/#%21/mpanzarino/status/188031973913133056>use 
tools like iExplore, or they'd have to take the device apart. Once a 
hacker has full physical access to your phone, you have a lot more 
than Facebook to worry about, as the thief could steal your contacts, 
cookies, and access all your apps if the phone was unlocked.

Really, this security hole highlights the new dangers of having your 
phone stolen. Owners should make sure they have a remote wipe 
solution ready to nuke all their data or else things could get ugly quick.
[more at the link above....


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