When Android itself isn't vulnerable, the UIs definitely are. Time to remove the bloat, Samsung Mobile USA!

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When Android itself isn't vulnerable, the UIs definitely are. Time to remove the bloat, Samsung Mobile USA!

Originally shared by Screw Muggz

Watch the links you click Samsung owners!
http://gigaom.com/mobile/one-line-of-html-can-wipe-or-reset-samsung-smartphones/

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Rich LaDuca said…
So, I have the GS3 and the Tab 2 10.1...

The headlines caught my eye... But from what I have read... This hole has already been patched.... By Samsung on their devices

The vulnerability was not limited to Samsung either...

This one smells like an Apple sponsored story.
September 26, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Jason ON said…
Could be, Rich LaDuca. I was more interested in pointing out that the un-needed UI is a security threat that didn't need to be there.
September 26, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Olaf Fichtner said…
There is a "fix" out now, discovered it just yesterday evening: Get the app "notelurl" from the Play store (free). It hooks up as another responsible app for those links, so if you encounter one, your phone will ask you which app to choose instead of sneakily executing. Until Samsung comes up with a patch this is probably the best there is...
September 26, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Kelly Kinkade said…
Olaf Fichtner That's a clever workaround.
September 26, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Olaf Fichtner said…
So far the only useful response I've seen. I stopped TouchWiz as soon as I read the news, but this is better.
September 26, 2012 at 6:27 PM
Rich LaDuca said…
Olaf Fichtner
how did you 'stop' TouchWiz?
September 26, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Olaf Fichtner said…
Rich LaDuca : Settings - Application Manager - TouchWiz - Force Stop

Can not be uninstalled, unfortunately...
September 26, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Rich LaDuca said…
Ahhh 'Force Stop'.... TouchWiz Home Starts right back up again... AFTER it opens the last app you had open and forces you to 'back button' out of  every single app you had open...

Then...

TouchWiz Home all over again.
September 26, 2012 at 8:27 PM
Olaf Fichtner said…
Yeah, I wasn't sure how it is hooked up there, whether it needs to run right after booting, listening for work, or will be executed when needed, I'm not familiar enough with the Android internals. Originally I wanted to remove it, but stopping was the only option I had, so I did at least that.
September 26, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Rich LaDuca said…
You didn't really stop it... You re-started it.
TouchWiz is the GUI (Graphical Use Interface).

If your aim is to have it not have TouchWiz running... Flash ROM
September 26, 2012 at 8:50 PM
Olaf Fichtner said…
Yes, meanwhile I guessed that much. The interface is nice, but sometimes I wish I had a command line with su permission. But then again, it is mainly a phone and I'd like to keep it that way...
September 26, 2012 at 8:59 PM
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