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Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android Devices?

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October 2, 2011, 11:31(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

android_logoThe guys over at Android Police have discovered what they believe to be a “massive security vulnerability” in some HTC android devices.
Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android Devices (EVO 3D, 4G, Thunderbolt, Others) Exposes Phone Numbers, GPS, SMS, Emails Addresses, Much More

we are all still digging deeper – but currently any app on affected devices that requests a single android.permission.INTERNET (which is normal for any app that connects to the web or shows ads) can get its hands on:

-the list of user accounts, including email addresses and sync status for each
-last known network and GPS locations and a limited previous history of locations
-phone numbers from the phone log
-SMS data, including phone numbers and encoded text (not sure yet if it’s possible to decode it, but very likely)
system logs (both kernel/dmesg and app/logcat),
which includes everything your running apps do and is likely to include email addresses,
phone numbers, and other private info

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