User your own known charger

Started by Glenn, Jun 04, 2013, 16:24:03

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Glenn

"Apple iPhones can be taken over with "alarming" ease using a custom-built charger, security researchers warn.

Using the bogus charger, a team from Georgia Institute of Technology managed to infect a phone with a virus in less than a minute.

Any device using Apple's iOS operating system would be as vulnerable to infection, claim the trio.

More details of their work will be given at the upcoming Black Hat USA hacker conference"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22764815
Glenn
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Gary

Meanwhile back in the real world I wont be using a different charger.  ::)
Damned, if you do damned if you don't

Steve

Presumably they'll be available from Amazon shortly. ::)
Steve
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Simon

I don't suppose it could be a ploy by Apple to get everyone to use their own highly priced chargers?  :whistle:
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