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The Acer Liquid Z200, an Android phone with a 4-inch WVGA display and a plastic design, is nothing if not budget-friendly. What makes it special is that its the cheapest Android phone — at least excluding any off-brand devices you might come across in electronics markets, Acer says. It costs just €79, and while its […]

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Last week, a developer revealed to the world just how easy it is for a nefarious hacker to use your Android phone to spy on you. With some simplecode that utilized a serious security hole, the developer was able to create a program that caused an Android handset’s camera to covertly capture photos on command, and […]

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We have seen some scary Android malware in the past, but a new report from former Googler and current software engineer turned accidental security researcher Szymon Sidor reveals that some simple code can force an Android phone to secretly capture photographs. The resulting images can then be uploaded to a remote server without the device’s owner ever knowing. Writing on […]

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