Android Bug Exposed, Not as Bad as Feared

Earlier this week, Charles Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, discovered a bug in the multimedia subsystem Android uses for its browser. Initially, Miller warned that the bug could be used to run arbitrary code in the phone’s Web browser. As a result, he urged users to use the browser on the T-Mobile G1 with caution until a patch could be deployed. Now, Miller is stating the vulnerability isn’t as serious as he first thought: “While the bug can be activated

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