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October 3, 2011 04:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XSarfa3jaXc/HTC-Android-Backdoor-Leaks-Private-User-Data
HTC Android Backdoor Leaks Private User Data
Trailrunner7 writes "There is a serious security issue with a variety of HTC Android phones that enables any app with Internet permissions to access a huge amount of private data on the device, including call logs, email addresses, SMS messages, last known GPS location and more. The problem was introduced via an update to the HTC phones that installed a tool called HTCLogger that collects the data."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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