Tools: Protect your cell phone

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Not really related to editing or technical communication, but I  
thought I'd pass this along given how many of us are early adopters  
of cool technologies such as smart cellphones.

The November 2006 issue of _Scientific American_ contains a  
moderately alarming article, "Malware goes mobile", about the  
exponentially increasing number of viruses, worms, trojans, and other  
nasties that are becoming distributed by and for cell phones. Some of  
these are just annoying battery-drainers; others can become expensive  
problems. As with computer malware, some of this stuff is remarkably  
clever about how it gets past our defenses.

Phones that use the Symbian operating system and phones being used in  
Europe currently seem most vulnerable, but that's only a short-term  
situation. You can protect yourself somewhat by turning off all  
Bluetooth features until you absolutely need them, then turn them off  
again asap when you're done. But real protection requires some form  
of antivirus software; the usual suspects are all selling this stuff.  
You can find a list of the main products currently available in the  
printed version of the article (available in most libraries) and the  
start of the article at the following link (or search the site based  
on the title):
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=0005E65F- 
DAAB-152F-960883414B7F0123

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Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca

(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)

www.geoff-hart.com

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