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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