The 5 true takeaways from Android's camera vulnerability circus
I don't know if you've read much news this week, but it seems the sky is falling and we're all terribly doomed.
No, I'm not talking about that news — as usual, that's another column for another publication — but rather the news that a security flaw in some Android camera apps could turn our phones into privacy-plundering spy portals and bring an end to human life as we know it.
I mean, have you seen some of these headlines?!
- "Hundreds of millions of Android phone cameras can be hijacked by spyware"
- "Android flaw lets rogue apps take photos, record video even if your phone is locked"
- "An Android flaw lets apps secretly access people's cameras and upload the videos to an external server"
Holy hibiscus, Henry! Even I'm trembling from all of that, and I know it's a bunch of misguided, sensationalized hooey.