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Scam can send premium texts from your Android phone without your knowledge
Kernel_Sanders
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So they just said in a feature on the 'You and Yours' programme on Radio 4. Can cost up to £5 each! Comes courtesy of a trojan hidden in an app, but is Android only so doesn't apply to iPhone or Blackberry. It'll also block the sounds and notifications you would otherwise get when sending a premium text.
I'll post a link to the broadcast when it appears on iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hxt9n/You_and_Yours_25_05_2012/
It's the 2nd item. There should be a podcast too, but annoyingly they don't link to it on the iPlayer page.
I'll post a link to the broadcast when it appears on iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hxt9n/You_and_Yours_25_05_2012/
It's the 2nd item. There should be a podcast too, but annoyingly they don't link to it on the iPlayer page.
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