This past Monday a gang of hackers released nude photos of celebrities, which they had allegedly spent years harvesting from iCloud accounts, and trading elsewhere online. You may think you would never be so stupid as to click on a link sent to you in a "phishing" email - an email that looks like it's from your bank, for instance, asking you to update your details.Īnd yet plenty of people do - and they get hacked.īut criminal hackers don't always require such active support from their victims. That's in addition to the security holes that are already common in existing, mainstream technology.
"It will make even more interesting," says Gaycken, "and the more interesting it is the more criminals will be attracted to it." Data experts are concerned that smartphone paying services will make matters worse Sandro Gaycken of the Freie Universität Berlin tells DW, it will be a problem if we all start paying by phone. Will it become another piece of technology that we rely on, but which is easily hacked?Ĭyber security researcher Dr. Using near field communication for contactless data transactions, smart phones could soon replace the plastic in your wallet. Rumor suggests - and when it comes to Apple, rumors are an acknowledged fine art - Apple has made agreements with leading credit card financial services. The company says you will be able to use your mobile phone just like a credit card. Techheads and gadget fiends the world over are eagerly awaiting next Tuesday - the day US technology firm Apple is expected to unveil a payment feature with its new iPhone 6.
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