Posts by ajft

So can it be used against the linux kernel in Android devices? If so you can guarantee that 99.9% of them will never be patched

So how many automotive manufacturers over how many years have built vulnerable BT stacks into their cars? If you think getting old phones updated to be secure, try getting a firmware fix for a car!

Don't blame the phone owners "who never update", blame the vendors and telcos who never provide the updates, their business model is based on selling new phones, they have zero interest in providing updates or support to the old ones.

Feed them false info?

Anyone care to whip up some suitable perl or python or whatever the cool kids use these days to pull random media names from catalogues -- or even generate some -- then feed them up to LG to chew on? Sure, last tuesday I watched "My little pony vs the swamp monster, episode 17" ... it must be true, the computer says so.

Published when?

That paper seems to have been published in 2009, but only lodged with Arxiv in the last week.