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Google users warned of threat to smartphone wallets

Technology Feb. 11, 2012 - 08:45AM JST ( 6 )

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IainRFeb. 11, 2012 - 10:42AM JST

its so great, that people like me, put so much trust into smartphones, and wallets, the sad truth is, these days, hackers can get anything they want, if they just put the effort in.
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m5c32Feb. 11, 2012 - 03:07PM JST

explaining that physical access is needed to get priority access to controls in a process called "rooting."

Actually, not true --no rooting necessary. Thanks to Goog's "security" implementation, all you need to do to reassign the PIN by deleting the wallet app's data from android prefs, then access the wallet. This is provided your lockcreen smudge is crackable, of which most are, if they're even set.
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anglootakuFeb. 12, 2012 - 01:41AM JST

Another crappy quality product from google
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smithinjapanFeb. 12, 2012 - 12:38PM JST

Ahhh... Google and Windows; once again proving how very fallible and inferior their products are.
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Al StewartFeb. 12, 2012 - 12:41PM JST

serious blow to the android market
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Elbuda MexicanoFeb. 12, 2012 - 06:24PM JST

No Google wallet for me!!