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Google to fix Android security flaw

article published on 18 May, 2011

Google has announced today that it is currently fixing an Android security flaw that was brought to the public's attention last week by German researchers. The group explained on Friday that some Google account authentication tokens were apparently being sent OTA unencrypted, leaving users with their data freely available if they were on public Wi-Fi. Hackers using simple software ... [ read the full article ]

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biglo30
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_ 		18. May 2011 @ 23:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thats what I like about google, they are quick to react and get this exploit fixed.
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hearme0
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_ 		19. May 2011 @ 12:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by biglo30:
 Thats what I like about google, they are quick to react and get this exploit fixed.


What????..............and Microsoft isn't???????

C'mon, it only took MS 10 years to figure out that security breaches need to be fixed.
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