http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13422308
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technolog...%2C_Study_Shows
Blimey, here we go again.
I couldn't see this posted anywhere here yet.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Technolog...%2C_Study_Shows
QUOTE said:More than 99% of Android phones are potentially leaking data that, if stolen, could be used to get the information they store online.
The data being leaked is typically used to get at web-based services such as Google Calendar.
The discovery was made by German security researchers looking at how Android phones handle identification information.
Google has yet to comment on the loophole uncovered by the team.QUOTESometimes, the study says, these tokens are sent in plain text over wireless networks. This makes the tokens easy to spot so criminals eavesdropping on the wi-fi traffic would be able to find and steal them, suggest the researchers.
Armed with the token, criminals would be able to pose as a particular user and get at their personal information.
Even worse, found the researchers, tokens are not bound to particular phones or time of use so they can be used to impersonate a handset almost anywhere.
Blimey, here we go again.
I couldn't see this posted anywhere here yet.