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Looks like the virus warnings are out! One of the most complex mobile phone viruses on record started popping up in China recently.

It is nick named ” Genimi” which has the ability to take your personal information and send it to a remote location. This would be pretty scary for those folks that have all their bank passwords and all that fun personal information that we are already nervous about, due to identity theft.

For most part has been in Android Market stores out of China, but the even messed up part is that the virus is being attached to legit apps and games. That’s how intelligent this crazy virus is.

Be weary, the applications that are “sick” with the virus ask for much more permission and over the top kind of stuff.

You have suspicions listen don’t download…

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Dang, it sure does suck when you don’t have your phone anymore. All those day to day conveniences and connectedness ends up being this total VOID! But then anger kicks in when someone steals your shit and you’re out two hundred dollar phone and your passwords- along with your bank account info.

For a thief who steals someone’s iPhone or Android it ends up being similar to hitting the lotto. Passwords, emails, text messages and access to just about anything everything else. With no work involved and more than likely minimum risk.

For many phone users they do not even think about any of this. There actual apps out there for Android, iPhone, and Blackberry (which will be out soon) that you can purchase which will add a tracking to stolen phone. Many people do not jump on this, I’m assuming because it costs money on top of phone insurance which totally adds up. It all adds up- plus the economy being what it is just adds to the reluctance, gotta save wherever you can.

Read up on some more information as well as awesome tips. The apps that were mentioned earlier, find where to get them.

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Cell phone technology has taken off, it has blasted off is more like it, blown UP. Smartphones and the ongoing love hate relationship between Google and Apple seem to really feed off of one another and create lots of new programs. Of course the obvious difference between the two which is what sets them apart is the open system (Google) and the closed system (Apple). Yet with all  these new advances there are some questions arising. The biggest is security! More and more apps are now able to gain access to vital information such as passwords, bank info, etc.

Quite a few experts have been analyzing such issues. The question that was sparked was which platform is safer? Let’s begin with the different types of phones:

• Blackberry aka “Crackberry” – Limits users from installing, sharing or creating different applications. But Blackberry became popular because it was the first phone that allowed you to get your email on your phone, definitely not because it is a Smartphone.
• Windows Mobile- Microsoft created a mini computer in a phone. It is has the ability for users to install and share applications, but people really haven’t been into purchasing it.
• iPhone- Really started the launch of Smartphones and all the hoopla. Although Apple controls what applications get approval and which do not. There are a TON of apps. Due to the closed syste

  

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  m the security is pretty damn good. When you think about it though, if you have never been outside the castle walls- how are you to know what the world is like? Or born into a country like North Korea where you can’t think and you are told what is and isn’t okay. Makes you wonder what’s beyond the Apple walls!

• Android aka “Droid”- the OS was designed to resemble a PC and be able to run many different applications  all at once which aren’t to be monitored, per se, by a central entity. This is all great but this does make the system vulnerable.

Recent study that was conducted ran these numbers: there will be forty eight thousand apps available to Android users, about twenty percent of the apps will require a third party or access from some other entity. There are some hackers that perhaps develop apps to do hateful things like bank fraud, identity theft, and so much more.

About five percent of apps have the capability to place a call to any number without user’s permission. Two percent of apps have that capability to send SMS messages (text messages) without user’s permission. The percentages seem small but in ratio with the overall number, the likeliness of bad luck, and the lack of filtering one should be aware at least.

Just be aware, take caution of the sites you visit, and easy with the downloading! Do a little research and check out comments and such.

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