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Android Fake ID bug exposes smartphones and tablets

• walterbell 12y ago
  Can you please fix the title of the story? "Android Fake ID bug exposes smartphones and tablets"
  • praneshp 12y ago
    Hey walterbell, I don't see a diff between what you suggest and what the title is, unless you just want me to add the quotes. Do quotes mean anything special?
    • walterbell 12y ago
      At the time I posted the comment, there was no title, only a URL. It's fine now.
• MaysonL 12y ago
  This seems to be a little overblown, to put it perhaps more mildly than necessary. See also: http://www.osnews.com/story/27868/Another_day_another_sensationalist_unfounded_security_story http://www.osnews.com/story/27868/Another_day_another_sensat... which calls it out as basically BS.
  • praneshp 12y ago
    Thanks. One of the reasons I posted this here was to find out such a rebuttal. The article smelt like BS but I didn't know enough to call it out.
• martiuk 12y ago
  "We appreciate Bluebox responsibly reporting this vulnerability to us; third-party research is one of the ways Android is made stronger for users. After receiving word of this vulnerability, we quickly issued a patch that was distributed to Android partners, as well as to AOSP. Google Play and Verify Apps have also been enhanced to protect users from this issue. At this time, we have scanned all applications submitted to Google Play as well as those Google has reviewed from outside of Google Play, and we have seen no evidence of attempted exploitation of this vulnerability."