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Old 18th October 2008, 11:44 AM
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Default Mobile Phones Under Threat from Hackers

It seems that this growing trend to change the mobile phone into your pocket, into what eventually will be a mobile PC, is presenting hackers, spammers and unwanted advertisers with a new opportunity to bombard you with spam, or get at your personal details...

BBC NEWS | Technology | Handsets to become crime targets

When you consider the "Beselo" bluetooth virus is possibly at fault for Spam rising from 0.5% to 6% in just a year, it is a little worrying.

I am assuming here that the more outdated and hopeless your mobile is, the less likely you will be threatened by these new threats...
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