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Re: Mobile phone OS security changing?
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:24:11 +0100
Michael Silk wrote:
The last thing I want is my mobile phone updating itself. I imagine that sort of operation would take up battery power, and possibly cause other interruptions ... (can you be on a call and have it update itself?)
A larger issue for me (though I'm straying a bit from SC) is that phone vendors tend to show a strong desire for lock-in, and I would fear auto-update mostly because of loss of features, DRM, etc... Ryan [Ed. Let's either stay on topic or let this thread die, please. KRvW]
Current thread:
- Mobile phone OS security changing? Kenneth R. van Wyk (Apr 06)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Michael Silk (Apr 06)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Kenneth R. van Wyk (Apr 06)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Michael Silk (Apr 06)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Blue Boar (Apr 07)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Kenneth R. van Wyk (Apr 06)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Crispin Cowan (Apr 06)
- Re: Mobile phone OS security changing? Michael Silk (Apr 06)