The Yeshiva World - Google on Wednesday began fixing a security flaw that affects some 97% of Android smartphones.
The fix, which addresses a hole allowing hackers to access the contacts, calendars and photos on an Android phone connected to an open Wi-Fi network, will take a few days to cover every phone, a Google spokesman said.
Unlike a traditional software update, the problem exists on Google’s servers, so Android users won’t need to manually take action.
The newest versions of Android, including the new wave of tablets running its Honeycomb software, are not affected by the bug, according to the researchers at Ulm University who initially reported the issue.
Newer Android software that has a feature for synchronizing photos to Google’s Picasa Web Albums service is also vulnerable. Google does not yet have a solution for that, but a spokesman said the company is investigating the matter. Read More
