Samsung Fixes Cellphone Keyboard Vulnerability

An anonymous reader writes: Several days ago, news broke that Samsung's keyboard software on their Galaxy series of cell phones had a glaring security issue that left 600 million devices vulnerable to attackers. The company has now fixed the flaw internally, and is making plans to roll out security updates to affected devices. They say the likelihood of an actual attack is low, because a particular set of conditions need to be met before any damage could be done.

Fuck

[binarylarry]

I hate these god damn layout changes.

Fuck you idiots at Dice!

Re: Fuck

[binarylarry]

Also these paid advertisements are getting out of hand.

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[periodic]

I hate them as well

Who the **** is going to share a summary of a story on slslashdot when you can share the sorry itself.

Also an advise, many slashdot readers are programmers, we despise anything that occupies screen space for no reason, we are used to parse screens mostly full of text.

Du you want inspiration for a design language that appeals to us? Then i offer you this advise, free of charge even: take a look at emacs, vi, or the Linux command prompt.

600 Million Devices!

[cold fjord]

What a staggering lot of Linux driven devices in consumer hands. Mind boggling.

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[Krojack]

Make your own site and pull the data via rss

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[sims 2]

Tell me about it the security alarms company i use recently redesigned their website before it had a pricelist for anything you might want done now it says:

"Our pricing varies depending on what your individual needs are and everyone has different needs. You can email or call us any time for prices."

Like the websites that want me to call for a quote when i'm trying to determine if something is a $5 or $5000 item.

How much does a tactical folding ladder cost? I still don't know

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[Krojack]

Those are not ASOP Android problems, they are Samsung's modified Android problems with Samsung's software.

Whiners and trolls

[msobkow]

I notice all the whiners and trolls bitching about the layout changes are Anonymous Cowards.

Somehow it figures that people so lazy that they can't be bothered registering an account would also be the first to complain.

You're always welcome to just fuck off and go elsewhere to whimper on the internet, you know? Try Facebook -- they seem to love pathetic whiners and drama queens like you.

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[buckfeta2014]

boo hoo.

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[MobileTatsu-NJG]

Maybe they want to complain without getting an off-topic karma hit.

Life *is* change

[msobkow]

Life is change. Stop whining and get over it, or write your own stagnant website that never adapts itself to any new technology. Maybe you could even write it in COBOL, just for giggles. :P

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[bjwest]

Or hold the carriers legally responsible for breaches when they don't pass the update through. Or, better yet, the FCC should hold them financially responsible and fine them for not passing a security update on to the devise, regardless of age.