Cyber security Expert Gary Milefsky (flashlight app on smartphones)

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[Mechanicos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xz8xKEFvU/a>

[Mechanicos]

Cyber Security expert discovered very invasive malware in most Flashlight apps for Smart Phone and it affects millions.

[rlmorel]

This particular issue involves Android phones.

[dynoman]

I have the HTC flashlight on my M8. And very few other apps.

[DAC21]

Google the issue, appears to be mostly hyperbole.

[rarestia]

Quite the contrary, this has been on the radar of major security and black hat operations across the country and the world as a red-level threat. It’s so simple, most people don’t think about it, and most people want to use their phones as flashlights when necessary.

This was raised as a high-priority corporate security vulnerability by several mobile audit companies such as PCI and PWC and is actively monitored by mobile device management solutions such as AirWatch.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Time for everyone to wake up. We might have to do without a lot of things to remain secure.

[UCANSEE2]

Sounds like an opportunity.

Sell Regular Flashlights that have a built-in NON-SMART cell phone.

[UCANSEE2]

Or maybe just velco a small flashlight you can velcro to your iphone. In matching color, of course.

[UCANSEE2]

Or maybe just a small flashlight you can velcro to your iphone. In matching color, of course. (sorry about the prior screwup)

[goonie4life9]

Or just buy an iPhone, which has a flashlight utility built DIRECTLY into iOS. I do love their attempt at FUD by showing iPhones.

[dynoman]

That’s kind of the way the HTC M8 is, the flashlight is a core HTC app.

My GPS does not turn on by itself, I know that much.

[Bogey78O]

My galaxy had a built in widget for light.

[justlurking]

Or just buy an iPhone, which has a flashlight utility built DIRECTLY into iOS.

Thank you, I was going to post the same thing.

Apple didn't add it to iOS until recently (either 6 or 7), but it's there: you bring up the control panel from the bottom of the screen.

Not everyone knows about it. I recently saw a friend using her old flashlight app, and showed her how to bring up the control panel.

[rarestia]

I wouldn’t be caught dead outside at night without my Xenon tac-light. My phone is a phone. It’s used to make and receive phone calls. It’s not a flashlight, a level, a ruler, or a compass; it’s a phone.

[Brother Cracker]

[ansel12]

I EDC 2 flashlights, and no cell phone.

[HonkyTonkMan]

So here is the research contributed:

• Search Google Play store for "spyware"
  
• Read FTC report

  Not much there unless I am missing something.

[Brother Cracker]

Click on your link then click on search icon

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=spyware&c=apps