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Eli the Bearded
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03-19-2003 01:15 PM ET (US)
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Stupid security holes! The joys of poor software coding and
testing continue!
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| Waider
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03-19-2003 02:39 PM ET (US)
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Well, I own an S45, and I've just tried sending it "*English", "*Deutsch", and *Deutsch, all to no avail. It opens 'em just fine, no freezing or anything. Besides, it's the work of seconds to pop out the battery and reset the phone if it does freeze.
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| agno
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03-21-2003 06:39 AM ET (US)
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me got an S35, and no problem, opens fine.
*US news on mobile communication are soooo amusing*
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03-21-2003 10:07 AM ET (US)
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Yep, have tested with an S35, an S45 and a C45, no problems at all.
Ahh, the joys of articles talking garbage :o)
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| jleader
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03-21-2003 01:16 PM ET (US)
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It could be that the carrier has taken steps to avoid the problem. I don't know if these phones can have their software upgraded without the owner noticing or not.
For that matter, it might only be certain versions of the handset software that are vulnerable.
Another possibility is that the carrier could do some sort of filtering in their SMS server software to turn the "dangerous" text into something innocuous, for example by inserting a space into the string somewhere.
Remember what every programmer and QA engineer *should* know: it's impossible to prove the absence of bugs by testing.
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