‘Curse of Silence’ attack gives us a glimpse of the future
All mobile phones are becoming more intelligent. Today’s smartphone, still considered cutting edge and a tool for the upper class, will be tomorrow’s ordinary pocket phone. And when that happens, look out.
More evidence is coming in that smartphones will become a major target for attackers in the future. Just about everyone has some sort of security on their desktops or notebooks, but what about those smartphones? Increasingly, people use their smartphones to send email, but little attention is paid to security. It won’t be too long in the future that smartphones will be as common as notebooks.
Besides the incredible popularity of the BlackBerry and the iPhone, the Google Android platform is gaining in popularity, and I expect this to be a game-changer. Android apps, until now, have only been freebies, but Google just announced that it’s shifting to a paid model–and this is going to result in serious developers creating applications–including business and communications applications–for the Android platform. Prices will be driven down, and more people will be using smartphones.
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