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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by lvs on Monday July 27, 2015 @06:25PM (#9958410)
Proper pwnage would erase the MMS as soon as the exploit was complete. The only record of receipt would be on you itemized carrier bill.
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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by jboy55 on Monday July 27, 2015 @07:19PM (#9958631)
Except if the MMS went to an iPhone or other device not affected. Unless you can determine Android/iPhone from just a #, apple/blackberry/MS phones would be full of corrupted MMS messages.
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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by 13 on Monday July 27, 2015 @07:52PM (#9958762)
Why would it be corrupted? Just because it contains a malicious payload doesn't mean it has to be unviewable normally. Could even just tack onto all outgoing MMS by default and never raise anybodies suspicions.
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