41 percent of Android phones are vulnerable to 'devastating' Wi-Fi attack

vienna · 10-17-17, 08:01 PM

To be clear, the apps in question do not turn on shut down phones; they only turn on the WiFi function on an already on phone. As for the question of the unauthorized access to your cell's WiFi, if you install an app that is capable of independent turn on, they almost always tell the user of that ability during the install process and/or in some form of EULA available to the user(s); basically, like a lot of other forms of online consumer offers, you often end up giving up some control in order to get the end "benefit"...

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10-17-17, 08:01 PM	#8
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	To be clear, the apps in question do not turn on shut down phones; they only turn on the WiFi function on an already on phone. As for the question of the unauthorized access to your cell's WiFi, if you install an app that is capable of independent turn on, they almost always tell the user of that ability during the install process and/or in some form of EULA available to the user(s); basically, like a lot of other forms of online consumer offers, you often end up giving up some control in order to get the end "benefit"... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __