Kendall Giles

Some handsets can’t be fully powered down without removing the battery; for instance, some Nokia models will wake up when turned off if an alarm is set. And if you wanted more news of security holes companies are building into their products, it seems there is a new system called the Nike+iPod SportKit, where your Nike shoes transmit data to your iPod in order to track your running progress…. One scenario is a stalker or company wanting to track the movements of a target: Molnar also speculated about how easy it would be for a company to build their own tiny readers and deploy them in a large environment, selling the data stream to those who would track spouses or teens, or collect information about how many people wearing Nikes visit malls or movie theaters. . . . → Read More: Some security notes