[news] From the S3 to the S6. Samsung phones are exposed to hackers.

[abillybob]

Good job I have a Nexus. I'm guessing rooting the device and uninstalling Samsung Keyboard that way would fix this problem, I normally do it on any Samsung Device as I hate the stock keyboard anyway.

 

Swiftkey for the win!

 

600 million Samsung Galaxy phones exposed to hackers - Jun. 17, 2015

[X-13]

Swiftkey for the win!

 

The problem involves the word prediction software used by Samsung devices. It's made by British tech firm SwiftKey, which Samsung installs in devices at the factory.

 

Last year, NowSecure researchers discovered that the SwiftKey keyboard can be tricked to accept a malicious file when the software updates. Because of the way the keyboard is installed, that virus can access some of the deepest, core parts of the phone's computer system.

 

Yeah, OK...

[abillybob]

One would assume SwiftKey's standard keyboard is fine. They have released a statement saying that it's the way Samsung imported it services into Samsung's own keyboard.

[X-13]

One would assume SwiftKey's standard keyboard is fine. They have released a statement saying that it's the way Samsung imported it services into Samsung's own keyboard.

 

If the problem is SWIFTKEY's word prediction software, I'm assuming everything of theirs that uses it has the problem.

 

And of course they released a statement saying it wasn't them. If they said it WAS their fault, nobody would work with them ever again.

[LeightonJames]

And people ask me why I bother with Custom Roms.

 

This is the reason. I use the Google Keyboard on all my roms instead