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Suggestions to prevent hacking
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Posted by: cubangt

Just wanted to see what if anything anyone can suggest for preventing your phone from being hacked.

Lastnight while at the computer store i ran across a book called "Hacking Mobile Phones"

Just checked out a few pages and already i saw some interesting things about wi-fi and bluetooth, that if not setup correctly can be a means for someone gaining access to your information. I provided a link for the book is also on amazon...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hacking-Mob...a/dp/1598631063

So are there any suggestions or things anyone has done to help secure there phone? I may go back and pickup the book to see if any of the items pertain to smartphones, which im sure there is or are some that do...

I noticed mentioned in the book and even online that the nokia and motorola phones are some of the phones that have vunerablities described in the book... and after mentioning it to my girlfriend.. she mentioned that while at work her phone(Razr v3) tends to actup like its searching for blue tooth device.. even though she has never turn that on and she doesnt even have a bluetooth headset for her phone yet...

Posted by: donniesd

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Originally Posted by cubangt

i saw some interesting things about wi-fi and bluetooth,

If your not using it, Turn it off.