James Rosewell writes: I note with interest Barclays mobile on-line banking home page extolling the safety of mobile banking whilst claiming it’s as secure as their non-mobile equivalent. This is on the same page that recommends customers use Opera Mini to access Barclays mobile on-line banking.
Yet following the link to the operamini.com web site and looking at the help section we can read Opera’s answer to the question “Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank?” and the answer is “No. If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full Web browser such as Opera Mobile.”
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This week the team takes a look at mobile web browser security... and explains why your bank's recommended browser isn't as safe as you might expect. Plus, as usual, there's an in-depth look at the week's industry headlines.
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The Nokia Point & Find service, which featured in last week's edition of The Fonecast, has been opened up to allow organisations and individual users to add their own content. The P&F Management Portal lets registered users create, manage and share their own custom online experiences with others. There's a charge for creating each experience (or 'world', as Nokia prefers); each 'world' can then be downloaded to a compatible Nokia device and will be activated when the device's camera is pointed at a relevant object.
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The UK government’s final Digital Britain report has been published this afternoon. The changes to mobile networks' spectrum are generally as previously suggested, although full details haven't been revealed and won't be confirmed until later this year.
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