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iPhone 4S Siri Security Flaw

If you have a new iPhone 4S a security flaw has been found in Siri.  Siri is the voice control function.  By default the feature is on and can be used even when the phone is locked.  This means that anyone can pick up someone else's phone, activate Siri and send messages and email.  This can be fixed by changing the default setting to "Allow access to Siri when locked with a passcode to Off"

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Posted by Jon Lutz 

Samsung seeks to ban iPhone 4S amid patent row

According to ZDNet, Samsung has file suit in France and Italy to ban the iPhone 4s due to infringment on its wireless patents. Here's an excerpt: 

“Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property and free-ride on our technology”, Samsung said in a statement, adding: “We will steadfastly protect our intellectual property”.

Preliminary requests for a ban on the iPhone 4S will be filed today, revolving around two particular patents relating to its wireless WCDMA technology. It adds to Samsung’s filings earlier this year in the United States in April, claiming that the wireless patents were infringed upon.

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Posted by Jon Lutz

 

Florida Judge Finds Prison Privatization Plan Unconstitutional

A Florida Judge finds prison privatization plan unconstitutional.  Read about it in the ABAJournal Law News Now. Here's an excerpt:

Tallahassee Circuit Court Judge Jackie Fulford held that the legislature erred by including the privatization plan in the state budget. Fulford said if lawmakers wanted to privatize the prisons they should have done so in a separate law.

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Posted by Jon Lutz