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

[vienna]

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>

[Rockin Robbins]

Again, the problem isn't your phone. The malware attacks the router. And the malware is useless. No crook is going to put his body in your driveway when he can hack you in his underwear from Uganda.

Travel is expensive. You have to buy clothes. You have to come up with a vehicle. You must sit in someone's driveway or in front of their house for hours. No crook is going to do this. You don't have enough good stuff for him to be interested in.

Now if you are a small business, things might be different. You have no IT department, you are very busy running your business and probably wouldn't notice a wardriver in front for several hours, and probably DO have something worth taking.