Programmer Raises Concerns About Phone-Monitoring Software

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Embedded smartphone software that logs users' keystokes, text messages and other data to send back to the carrier? "Not kosher," says Georgia Tech Information Security Center Director Mustaque Ahamad (Computer Science). Source: The New York Times

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College of Computing, School of Computer Science

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cyber security, Georgia Tech Information Security Center, gtisc, information security, Mustaque Ahamad, School of Computer Science, smartphone security, smartphones
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  • Created By: Mike Terrazas
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Dec 2, 2011 - 6:46am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:25pm