By @edent · samsung · 250 words · read ~770 times.
Earlier this year I found a security flaw in Samsung's handsets. Of course, I responsibly reported the flaw to them. It would have been nice if Samsung offered a Bug Bounty like so many other companies - but I was satisfied having helped save the world in my own small way. However, last week I […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android email google NaBloPoMo samsung · 1 comment · 300 words · read ~10,719 times.
Like many people, I used to be a slave to my work inbox. It's hard to maintain a decent work/life balance when you're receiving business emails during evenings and weekends. Sometimes it's due to a workaholic colleague, or someone in a different timezone, or just those damned automated reminders from the finance system. I don't […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android calculator NaBloPoMo samsung · 1 comment · 100 words · read ~846 times.
Well, this is annoying! "You can enter up to 100 characters" Why? Why this silly limitation. This isn't 1974 - we're not exactly limited in memory. This limitation only appears on Samsung's Android phones - not on the Google calculator app. It would be interesting to see if it's a limitation in any other Android phones.
Continue reading →By @edent · android lockscreen samsung security · 11 comments · 550 words · read ~71,535 times.
I have discovered another security flaw in Samsung Android phones. It is possible to completely disable the lock screen and get access to any app - even when the phone is "securely" locked with a pattern, PIN, password, or face detection. Unlike another recently released flaw, this doesn't rely quite so heavily on ultra-precise timing. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android bug samsung security · 31 comments · 650 words · read ~34,261 times.
Here's a rather nifty security flaw I discovered on Samsung's Android 4.1.2. It allows you - in limited circumstances - to run apps and dial numbers even when the device is locked. Video: This attack works against Pattern Lock, PIN, Password, and Face Unlock. There is no way to secure your phone against your home […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android crash mobile samsung · 450 words · read ~870 times.
Last week I blogged about a pretty severe flaw in some of Samsung's phones. If you use copy & paste too many times - the phone reboots or resets. So, I ranted and raved on my blog and in the press. Samsung wouldn't respond to me - either through customer support or through their PR […]
Continue reading →By @edent · bug crash mobile samsung · 34 comments · 650 words · read ~28,237 times.
Samsung phones crash if you use copy & paste more than 20 times. http://t.co/2OnBwo86Shockingly bad engineering. — Terence Eden is on Mastodon (@edent) February 20, 2013 Sounds crazy, doesn't it? If you copy and paste text more than 20 times, your phone will restart! Some people have reported more severe crashes than that - but […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android samsung USB · 2 comments · 500 words · read ~1,274 times.
After posting about using the Galaxy Note II for a full day of work, someone asked me why I didn't just plug in a proper keyboard and mouse to it. To be honest, I'd never even considered that as a possibility! In order to plug in USB peripherals to an Android device, you'll need a […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android galaxy note ii mobile phablet samsung · 18 comments · 1,250 words · read ~4,669 times.
Like a prize idiot, I went to work yesterday, but left my laptop at home. Prat! So, time to put the Samsung Galaxy Note II through its paces. I've had the phone for a couple of months and been really pleased with it. But I sensed that I hadn't really used it in anger. I […]
Continue reading →By @edent · samsung spying technology xerox · 1 comment · 450 words · read ~935 times.
Compare and contrast... [The] Xerox 914 copy machine [...] was used in soviet embassies all over the world. The machine was so complex that the CIA used a tiny camera designed by Zoppoth to capture documents copied on the machine by the soviets and retrieved them using a "Xerox repairman" right under the eyes of […]
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