Nokia Lets Users Update Phone Software Directly (Phone Scoop)

[ken at krvw.com (Kenneth Van Wyk)]

SC-L,

Ok, so we all have various opinions about security patching practices  
in software -- mostly bad, I'm confident.  But, in today's  
environment, patching still seems to be a necessary evil.  But for  
the most part, mobile devices have been pretty much left out in the  
code.  That's starting to change, but slowly.  Here's a story about  
Nokia's recent announcement to enable their phone users to update the  
software on their own phones.  Of course, apart from the legitimate  
security updating aspects of this sort of feature, I wonder if  
they've carefully thought through the misuse cases...  Time will tell.

In any case, FYI -- here's a URL to the article.  Happy reading.

http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=2105

Cheers,

Ken
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Kenneth R. van Wyk
SC-L Moderator
KRvW Associates, LLC
http://www.KRvW.com




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