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It appears that some smartphones are vulnerable to being rebooted remotely by sending a simple command via a short text message. The security risk involved is present after the reboot, when the devices seems to no longer ask for the PIN code, which allows a thief to gain access to stored data unhindered. The flaw […]

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Political text message spam is only going to grow unless the FCC takes a hard line against spammers — punishing them to the full extent of the law. We can stop the bad guys from turning our cell phones into another spam vehicle

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Apple plans to address a notorious iMessage bug that prevents people who switch from an iPhone to some other phone from receiving certain text messages, reports Recode. The issue has existed for pretty much as long as iMessage has, but it recently came to attention again after Lifehackers Adam Pash wrote about it on his blog and, separately, […]

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